germanium/diarrhea

Seventeen patients with advanced colorectal carcinoma were treated with a combination of 5-fluorouracil and spirogermanium, a recently developed azaspiran-germanium compound remarkable for its lack of hematologic, gastrointestinal, renal or hepatic toxicity. Response to treatment and the incidence

Spirogermanium (SG) is an azaspirane compound that incorporates the element germanium into a heterocyclic ring structure. It is currently being tested in phase II clinical trials as an anti-neoplastic agent and, in experimental animals, has suppressed adjuvant arthritis. In this study, SG suppressed