Cancer biologists discover the drug, 5-fluorouracil, acts differently in different types of cancer

Published Date: 09 Oct 2024

Since the 1950s, a chemotherapy drug known as 5-fluorouracil has been used to treat many types of cancer, including blood cancers and cancers of the digestive tract.

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