title: 2'-deoxycoformycin. A new anticancer agent.
abstract: 2'-deoxycoformycin (2'-dCF) is a powerful inhibitor of adenosine deaminase (ADA), an enzyme found in high concentrations in lymphoid tissue. Although inactive in preclinical tumor models, 2'-dCF has shown clinical antitumor activity as a single agent in lymphoid malignancies. This drug has the added potential of being useful as a potentiator of other antitumor agents which are deactivated by ADA. It is also possible that the drug has potential as an immunosuppressive agent. Phase I studies are ongoing and phase II trials are planned to define the antitumor spectrum of this agent.
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D000970:Antineoplastic Agents; D003070:Coformycin / Q000031:analogs & derivatives / Q000378:metabolism / Q000494:pharmacology* / Q000627:therapeutic use / Q000633:toxicity; D006801:Humans; D007700:Kinetics; D009374:Neoplasms, Experimental / Q000188:drug therapy; D015649:Pentostatin; D012263:Ribonucleosides / Q000494:pharmacology*
chemical_list: D000970:Antineoplastic Agents; D012263:Ribonucleosides; D003070:Coformycin; D015649:Pentostatin