Chemocare.com uses generic names in all descriptions of drugs. Adrucil is the trade name for Fluorouracil. 5-fluorouracil and 5-FU are other names for Fluorouracil. In some cases, health care professionals may use the trade name Adrucil or other names 5-fluorouracil and 5-FU when referring to the generic drug name Fluorouracil.

Drug type:  5-fluorouracil is an anti-cancer ("antineoplastic" or "cytotoxic") chemotherapy drug.  5-fluorouracil is classified as an "antimetabolite."  (For more detail, see "How this drug works" section below).

What this drug is used for:

• Colon and rectal cancer.
• Breast cancer.
• Gastrointestinal cancers including: anal, esphageal, pancreas and gastric (stomach).
• Head and neck cancer
  Hepatoma (liver cancer).
• Ovarian cancer.
• Topical use (cream or solution) in basal cell cancer of the skin and actinic keratoses.-see document fluorouracil(cream).