Skip to main content

Thank you for visiting nature.com. You are using a browser version with limited support for CSS. To obtain the best experience, we recommend you use a more up to date browser (or turn off compatibility mode in Internet Explorer). In the meantime, to ensure continued support, we are displaying the site without styles and JavaScript.

  • Clinical Oncology
  • Published:

Interleukin 6 is a cause of flu-like symptoms in treatment with a deoxycytidine analogue

British Journal of Cancer volume 78, pages 388–389 (1998)Cite this article

Abstract

The precise mechanism of fever and flu-like syndrome that occurs in treatment with deoxycytidine analogues remains unclear. This study demonstrated a strong correlation between plasma interleukin 6 levels and fever in treatment with oral (E)-2'-deoxy-2'(fluoromethylene)cytidine, another deoxycytidine analogue.

This is a preview of subscription content, access via your institution

Access options

Buy this article

  • Purchase on Springer Link
  • Instant access to full article PDF
Buy now

Prices may be subject to local taxes which are calculated during checkout

Similar content being viewed by others

Author information

Authors and Affiliations

  1. Department of Internal Medicine, Osaka Prefectural Habikino Hospital, Japan

    N Masuda

Authors
  1. N Masuda
    View author publications

    You can also search for this author in PubMed Google Scholar

  2. S Negoro
    View author publications

    You can also search for this author in PubMed Google Scholar

  3. K Takeda
    View author publications

    You can also search for this author in PubMed Google Scholar

  4. N Kurata
    View author publications

    You can also search for this author in PubMed Google Scholar

  5. T Kuwabara
    View author publications

    You can also search for this author in PubMed Google Scholar

  6. S Kobayashi
    View author publications

    You can also search for this author in PubMed Google Scholar

  7. M Fukuoka
    View author publications

    You can also search for this author in PubMed Google Scholar

Rights and permissions

Reprints and permissions

About this article

Cite this article

Masuda, N., Negoro, S., Takeda, K. et al. Interleukin 6 is a cause of flu-like symptoms in treatment with a deoxycytidine analogue. Br J Cancer 78, 388–389 (1998). https://doi.org/10.1038/bjc.1998.504

Download citation

  • Issue Date:

  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.1038/bjc.1998.504

This article is cited by

Search

Advanced search

Quick links