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How well do 5-fu and cisplatin work for chemotherapy?

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Well: 5fu (fluorouracil) and Cisplatin are older chemotherapy agents but have significant roles in the treatment of a wide variety of tumor types even to this day.

Dr Fowler and another doctor agreed

Answered 10/29/2014

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