[Studies on tissue concentration of tegafur, 5-fluorouracil, uracil after UFT administration together with the study of microangiography of colorectal cancer]

Gan To Kagaku Ryoho. 1993 Jan;20(1):125-30.
[Article in Japanese]

Abstract

In order to elucidate the effect of tumor vascularity on a various regimens concentration in tumor tissue, correlation among tegafur, 5-fluorouracil (5-FU), uracil concentrations in tissue and the microangiography were examined in 27 patients with colorectal cancer after preoperative administration of UFT (400 mg/day for 7 days). The concentrations of tegafur, 5-FU and uracil in tumor were higher than those in normal tissue (p < 0.01). There was no definite correlation between tissue concentration in each regimen and the extra or intramural vascular changes. A significant high concentration of 5-FU was found in the protuberant cancer and the ulcerative cancer with horizontal growth than that in the ulcerative cancer with vertical growth (p < 0.05). The present study indicates that the vascular changes within a tumor and the vascular pattern of tumor may be a contributing factor affecting the tissue concentration in the regimens.

Publication types

  • English Abstract

MeSH terms

  • Aged
  • Antineoplastic Agents / administration & dosage
  • Antineoplastic Agents / pharmacokinetics*
  • Antineoplastic Combined Chemotherapy Protocols*
  • Chromatography, High Pressure Liquid
  • Colorectal Neoplasms / blood supply*
  • Colorectal Neoplasms / drug therapy
  • Colorectal Neoplasms / metabolism
  • Female
  • Fluorouracil / analysis*
  • Gas Chromatography-Mass Spectrometry
  • Humans
  • Male
  • Middle Aged
  • Tegafur / administration & dosage
  • Tegafur / analysis*
  • Tegafur / pharmacokinetics
  • Uracil / administration & dosage
  • Uracil / analysis*
  • Uracil / pharmacokinetics

Substances

  • Antineoplastic Agents
  • Tegafur
  • Uracil
  • Fluorouracil

Supplementary concepts

  • 1-UFT protocol