
                         Roanoke Times
                 Copyright (c) 1995, Landmark Communications, Inc.

DATE: THURSDAY, April 19, 1990                   TAG: 9004190276
SECTION: NATIONAL/INTERNATIONAL                    PAGE: A10   EDITION: METRO 
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DATELINE: WASHINGTON                                LENGTH: Short

FARM DRUG ENDORSED ON SOME COLON CANCER

A chemotherapy combination that includes a drug used to deworm farm animals was endorsed Wednesday by a panel of experts as a standard treatment after patients in a late stage of colon cancer undergo surgery.

Twelve cancer specialists assembled by the National Institutes of Health recommended all physicians offer the drug combination of 5-fluorouracil, or 5-FU, and levamisole to patients who have been surgically treated for stage III colon cancer.

Levamisole is a drug widely used to remove worms from the intestinal tract of cows, horses, goats, sheep and even elephants; 5-FU is a standard cancer drug that has been used for about 30 years. - Associated Press

by CNB