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Journal of Oncology
Volume 2010, Article ID 934359, 5 pages
http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2010/934359
Review Article

CoFactor: Folate Requirement for Optimization of 5-Fluouracil Activity in Anticancer Chemotherapy

Muhammad Wasif Saif,1 Nektaria Makrilia,2 and Kostas Syrigos2

1Clinical Medicine, The GI Oncology Section of the Division of Hematology/Oncology, Herbert Irving Comprehensive Cancer Center, Columbia University College of Physicians and Surgeons, Milstein Hospital, 177 Fort Washington Avenue, Suite 6-435, NY 10032, USA
2Oncology Unit, Third Department of Medicine, Sotiria General Hospital, Athens Medical School, Mesogion 152, Athens 11527, Greece

Received 12 September 2010; Revised 2 November 2010; Accepted 8 November 2010

Academic Editor: Dominic Fan

Copyright © 2010 Muhammad Wasif Saif et al. This is an open access article distributed under the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.

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