Advances and Challenges in Fluoropyrimidine Pharmacogenomics and Pharmacogenetics

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In cancer pharmacogenetics (the study of how variability in a single or set of known genes influences drug response) and pharmacogenomics (the study of variability on a genome-wide scale), one of the most important fields of research focuses on the fluoropyrimdines (FPs) and, in particular, 5-fluorouracil (5-FU). After over 40 years of use, FPs remain one of the most commonly used cancer chemotherapy agents and...

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