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Pharmacogenetic approach for cancer treatment-tailored medicine in practice.
Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences - 1 Nov 2006
Hasegawa Yoshinori, Ando Yuichi, Ando Maki, Hashimoto Naozumi, Imaizumi Kazuyoshi, Shimokata Kaoru
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This article focuses on pharmacogenetic associations between genetic polymorphism of uridine diphosphate glucuronosyltransferase (UGT) 1A1 gene and irinotecan toxicity. Accumulating evidence provides support to the idea that determination of UGT1A1 polymorphisms before irinotecan treatment is clinically useful and important for predicting and avoiding related toxicities. On the basis of these backgrounds, the...
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