Doctors have long believed the cancer drug 5-fluorouracil works by damaging the building blocks of DNA, but researchers have now found that in certain cancers, it kills cells by interfering with RNA ...

Study reveals the drug, 5-fluorouracil, acts differently in different types of cancer — a finding that could help researchers design better drug combinations. Since the 1950s, a chemotherapy drug ...

Dr. Gabriel A. Brooks discusses the recent FDA product labeling update for Xeloda and 5-FU which aims to highlight risks associated with DPD deficiency. According to an update from the Food and Drug ...

JoEllen Zembruski-Ruple, while in the care of New York City’s renowned Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center, swallowed the first three chemotherapy pills to treat her squamous cell carcinoma on Jan.