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n. - An antimetabolite used to treat certain cancers.

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  • FUSILEV enhances the cyto-toxicity of fluorouracil.
  • Taxol and the PGP-resistant drug fluorouracil to cultures of metastatic breast cancer.
  • Spermatogonial was curiously inhibited by fluorouracil, fantasizing in pathogenic infertility.
  • Other common treatments include topical creams such as imiquimod, diclofenac, and fluorouracil.
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