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Pharmacogenomics in breast cancer: current trends and future directions.
Current opinion in molecular therapeutics - 1 Jun 2004
Wajapeyee Narendra, Somasundaram Kumaravel
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Pharmacogenomics is the study of genetic variations between individuals to predict the risk of toxic side effects and the probability that a patient will respond to single- or multidrug chemotherapy. Breast cancer remains one of the most common cancers among women worldwide and is second only to lung cancer in cancer-related death. A better understanding of the mechanisms of initiation and progression of breast...
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