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Name
Machover regimen
Alternate names
Mayo regimen
Primary Site
None
Histology
None
Radiation
None
Remarks
None
Drugs for Machover regimen
Name
Alternate Names
5-Fluorouracil
5-Fluracil
Adrucil
Efudex
Fluoroplex
Fluracil
Fluril
Oracil
Ro 2-9757
WR-69596
Abbreviations
5-FU
5FU
FU
Category
Chemotherapy
Subcategory
Antimetabolite
NSC Number
019893
19893
Primary Site
Breast- adjuvant setting and advanced disease
colorectal- adjuvant setting and advanced disease
GI malignancies: anal, esophageal, gastric and pancreatic
Hepatoma
Ovarian cancer
Histology
None
Remarks
Fluorinated pyrimidine; antimetabolite. FDA approved uses on basal cell carcinoma, breast cancer, colorectal cancer, gastric cancer, and pancreatic cancer.
Note: Efudex cream be prescribed to treat AIN III. Code this as chemotherapy.
Note: Efudex cream be prescribed to treat AIN III. Code this as chemotherapy.
Coding
This drug should be coded
Name
Alternate Names
Calcium levofolinate
Calcium Levoleucovorin
CL-307782
Fusilev
Isovorin
Levofolinate
Levofolinate Calcium
Levofolinic acid
Levoleucovorin
Levoleucovorin calcium
Abbreviations
None
Category
Ancillary Agent
Subcategory
None
NSC Number
None
Primary Site
None
Histology
None
Remarks
Use in conjunction with high-dose methotrexate in the treatment of osteosarcoma, and in combination with 5-fluorouracil for the palliative treatment of metastatic adenocarcinoma of the colon and rectum.
Coding
This drug should NOT be coded
