High incidence of INR alteration in gastrointestinal cancer patients treated with mini-dose warfarin and 5-fluorouracil-based regimens

Ann Oncol. 2006 Jan;17(1):174-6. doi: 10.1093/annonc/mdj002. Epub 2005 Aug 12.
No abstract available

Publication types

  • Letter

MeSH terms

  • Adult
  • Aged
  • Anticoagulants / therapeutic use*
  • Antimetabolites, Antineoplastic / therapeutic use*
  • Antineoplastic Combined Chemotherapy Protocols
  • Catheterization, Central Venous / adverse effects
  • Fluorouracil / therapeutic use*
  • Gastrointestinal Neoplasms / drug therapy*
  • Gastrointestinal Neoplasms / pathology
  • Humans
  • International Normalized Ratio*
  • Middle Aged
  • Prospective Studies
  • Thrombosis* / etiology
  • Thrombosis* / prevention & control
  • Warfarin / therapeutic use*

Substances

  • Anticoagulants
  • Antimetabolites, Antineoplastic
  • Warfarin
  • Fluorouracil