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UFT

Term · Oncology and biomedicine · MLC-T-ONC-009013

A substance being studied in the treatment of some types of cancer. It is a combination of tegafur and uracil. The tegafur is taken up by the cancer cells and breaks down into 5-FU, a substance that kills tumor cells. The uracil causes higher amounts of 5-FU to stay inside the cells and kill them. UFT is a type of antimetabolite. Also called Ftorafur and tegafur-uracil.

Table 1. Record
IdentifierMLC-T-ONC-009013
FieldOncology and biomedicine
ExpansionsFtorafur; tegafur-uracil
ReferencesNCI Dictionary of Cancer Terms
Record as JSON
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  "id": "MLC-T-ONC-009013",
  "term": "UFT",
  "field": "Oncology and biomedicine",
  "definition": "A substance being studied in the treatment of some types of cancer. It is a combination of tegafur and uracil. The tegafur is taken up by the cancer cells and breaks down into 5-FU, a substance that kills tumor cells. The uracil causes higher amounts of 5-FU to stay inside the cells and kill them. UFT is a type of antimetabolite. Also called Ftorafur and tegafur-uracil.",
  "expansions": [
    "Ftorafur",
    "tegafur-uracil"
  ],
  "references": [
    "NCI Dictionary of Cancer Terms"
  ],
  "url": "https://mlchart.com/terminology/oncology/uft/"
}

Record 16,887 of 17,717 in Oncology and biomedicine terminology (MLC-0111). Request the full dataset.