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Combination of Cisplatin and 5-Fluorouracil in the Treatment of Advanced Breast Cancer

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Platinum and Other Metal Coordination Compounds in Cancer Chemotherapy

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Combination of Cisplatin (CDDP) and 5-Fluorouracil (5-FU) has been shown to have an encouraging activity both in rodent tumor systems (1), and in the treatment of various solid tumors (2), particularly in head and neck carcinoma, testicular and ovarian cancer, and more recently, in bladder carcinoma.

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Pronzato, P., Amoroso, D., Bertelli, G., Gallotti, P., Rosso, R. (1988). Combination of Cisplatin and 5-Fluorouracil in the Treatment of Advanced Breast Cancer. In: Nicolini, M. (eds) Platinum and Other Metal Coordination Compounds in Cancer Chemotherapy. Developments in Oncology, vol 54. Springer, Boston, MA. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4613-1717-3_57

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