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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
6
pubmed:dateCreated
2000-8-10
pubmed:abstractText
Dihydropyrimidine dehydrogenase (DPD) activity was investigated using pancreatic tumors and normal pancreatic tissues surrounding the tumors obtained from 12 patients with pancreatic cancer. The mean DPD activity (+/- SD) was 2.69 +/- 1.88 nmol/mg protein/hr in normal pancreatic tissue and was 6.59 +/- 5.36 nmol/mg protein/hr in pancreatic tumor tissues. The DPD activity in tumor tissue was two- to threefold higher (p < 0.01) than that in normal tissue, but no marked difference was observed in DPD activity among cancer stages. The DPD activity of pancreatic tumors may be a useful clinical marker of the responsibility of fluorinated pyrimidine dosing in pancreatic cancer.
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:chemical
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:issn
0735-7907
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:volume
18
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
516-20
pubmed:dateRevised
2006-11-15
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed:year
2000
pubmed:articleTitle
Dihydropyrimidine dehydrogenase activity in human pancreatic tumor tissues.
pubmed:affiliation
Department of Health and Science, School of Medicine, Kanazawa University, Japan.
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article