Clin Colorectal Cancer 2018 Oct 10
Bolus 5-fluorouracil (5-FU) In Combination With Oxaliplatin Is Safe and Well Tolerated in Patients Who Experienced Coronary Vasospasm With Infusional 5-FU or Capecitabine.
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When 5FU is a backbone to so many regimens, when (if ever) do you consider re-challenging so as not to abandon an entire line of therapy?
New answer by Medical Oncologist at Advocate Lutheran General Hospital (March 13, 2019)
I have a patient who developed documented coronary spasm with EKG changes and troponin elevation on 5 FU infusion, given as part of FOLFOX cycle 1, 3 weeks ago. Sh...
No known cardiac risk factors
New answer by Medical Oncologist at Aurora Advanced Healthcare (August 6, 2020)
I'm not sure if this is helpful to you in this situation, but in a different GI cancer, I was pleased to learn recently that it is the infusional 5 FU that causes vasospasm th...