title: Effects of tauromustine, a water-soluble nitrosourea compound on NMU-1 murine lung tumor.
abstract: This study assessed the antitumor activity of 1-(2-chloroethyl)-3-/2-(dimethylaminosulfonyl)ethyl-1-nitrosourea (TCNU), a newly soluble nitrosourea, on NMU-1 lung tumor, a transplantable murine model poorly sensitive to BCNU. TCNU delivered orally was more effective after weekly than after biweekly treatments. When TCNU was given weekly intravenously, its therapeutic index was higher than after oral treatment. Compared with BCNU, TCNU showed superior antitumor effects on NMU-1 murine lung tumor. In this experimental model, TCNU activity was comparable to that of drugs active on human lung cancer.
authors.affiliation: Divisione di Oncologia Sperimentale B, Istituto Nazionale per lo Studio de la Cura dei Tumori, Milano, Italia.
authors.forename: G
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Pratesi
authors.forename: G
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Savi
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D002330:Carmustine / Q000627:therapeutic use; D008175:Lung Neoplasms / Q000188:drug therapy*; D008297:Male; D051379:Mice; D008807:Mice, Inbred BALB C; D009607:Nitrosourea Compounds / Q000627:therapeutic use*; D013654:Taurine / Q000031:analogs & derivatives* / Q000627:therapeutic use
chemical_list: D009607:Nitrosourea Compounds; D013654:Taurine; C052991:1-(2-chloroethyl)-3-(2-(dimethylaminosulfonyl)ethyl)-1-nitrosourea; D002330:Carmustine