An antineoplastic antimetabolite that is metabolized to fluorouracil when administered by rapid injection. Floxuridine is available as a sterile, nonpyrogenic, lyophilized powder for reconstitution. When administered by slow, continuous, intra-arterial infusion, it is converted to floxuridine monophosphate. It has been used to treat hepatic metastases of gastrointestinal adenocarcinomas and for palliation in malignant neoplasms of the liver and gastrointestinal tract.
For palliative management of gastrointestinal adenocarcinoma metastatic to the liver, when given by continuous regional intra-arterial infusion in carefully selected patients who are considered incurable by surgery or other means. Also for the palliative management of liver cancer (usually administered by hepatic intra-arterial infusion).
Bellevue Hospital, New York, New York, United States
NYU Cancer Center, New York, New York, United States
Norris Cancer Center, Los Angeles, California, United States
City of Hope, Duarte, California, United States
Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center, New York, New York, United States
Department of Surgery - Liver Unit, Scientific Institute San Raffaele,, Milan, Italy
Memorial Sloan Kettering at Mercy Medical Center, Rockville Centre, New York, United States
Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center, New York, New York, United States
Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center@Phelps Memorial Hospital, Sleepy Hollow, New York, United States
University of Miami Sylvester Comprehensive Cancer Center - Miami, Miami, Florida, United States
University of Miami Sylvester Comprehensive Cancer Center - Miami, Miami, Florida, United States
University of Miami, Miami, Florida, United States
Surgery Branch, Bethesda, Maryland, United States
New York Weill Cornell Cancer Center at Cornell University, New York, New York, United States
Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center, New York, New York, United States
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