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Association between sulfotransferase 1A1 genotype and survival of breast cancer patients receiving tamoxifen therapy.
Journal of the National Cancer Institute - 6 Nov 2002
Nowell Susan, Sweeney Carol, Winters Maria, Stone Angie, Lang Nicholas P, Hutchins Laura F, Kadlubar Fred F, Ambrosone Christine B
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BACKGROUND: Human sulfotransferase 1A1 (SULT1A1) catalyzes the sulfation of a variety of phenolic and estrogenic compounds, including 4-hydroxytamoxifen (4-OH TAM), the active metabolite of tamoxifen. A functional polymorphism in exon 7 of the SULT1A1 gene (SULT1A1*2) has been described that gene...
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