An Evaluation of 5-Fluorouracil in Malignant Disease
Authors: ARTHUR J. WEISS
Journal: Annals of Internal Medicine (1961)

Article1 November 1961An Evaluation of 5-Fluorouracil in Malignant DiseaseARTHUR J. WEISS, M.D., LAIRD G. JACKSON, M.D., RALPH CARABASI, M.D.ARTHUR J. WEISS, M.D.Search for more papers by this author, LAIRD G. JACKSON, M.D.Search for more papers by this author, RALPH CARABASI, M.D.Search for more papers by this authorAuthor, Article, and Disclosure Informationhttps://doi.org/10.7326/0003-4819-55-5-731 SectionsAboutPDF ToolsAdd to favoritesDownload CitationsTrack CitationsPermissions ShareFacebookTwitterLinkedInRedditEmail ExcerptUntil recently, it was believed that preformed pyrimidines, unlike preformed purines, were not utilized by mammalian tissues, either normal or neoplastic. In 1954, Rutman, Cantarow, and Paschkis (1) observed that uracil was incorporated into preneoplastic rat liver and rat hepatoma. In 1957, Heidelberger, Leibman, Harbers, and Bhargava (2) verified this finding and noted that significant incorporation of uracil occurred into intestinal mucosa and several carcinomas of mice and rats. Because of these findings, many pyrimidine antagonists have been synthesized and evaluated for their effect in malignant disease. Of these drugs, 5-fluorouracil (3), 5-fluorodeoxyuridine (4), and 6-azauridine (5) have been subjected...References1. RUTMANCANTAROWPASCHKIS RJAKE: Studies in 2-acetylaminofluorene carcinogenesis. III. The utilization of uracil-2-C14 by preneoplastic rat liver and rat hepatoma. Cancer Res. 14: 119, 1954. MedlineGoogle Scholar2. HEIDELBERGERLEIBMANHARBERSBHARGAVA CKCEPM: The comparative utilization of uracil-2C14 by liver, intestinal mucosa, and Flexner-Jobling carcinoma in the rat. Cancer Res. 17: 399, 1957. MedlineGoogle Scholar3. CURRERIANSFIELDMCIVERWAISMANHEIDELBERGER ARFJFAHAC: Clinical studies with 5-fluorouracil. Cancer Res. 18: 478, 1958. 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