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Pharmacogenetic profiling in patients with advanced colorectal cancer treated with first-line FOLFIRI chemotherapy.
The pharmacogenomics journal - 1 Aug 2008
Ruzzo A, Graziano F, Loupakis F, Santini D, Catalano V, Bisonni R, Ficarelli R, Fontana A, Andreoni F, Falcone A, Canestrari E, Tonini G, Mari D, Lippe P, Pizzagalli F, Schiavon G, Alessandroni P, Giustini L, Maltese P, Testa E, Menichetti E T, Magnani M
Abstract excerpt
The primary end point of the study was the analysis of associations between polymorphisms with putative influence on 5-fluorouracil/irinotecan activity and progression-free survival (PFS) of patients with advanced colorectal cancer treated with first-line FOLFIRI chemotherapy. Peripheral blood samples from 146 prospectively enrolled patients were used for genotyping polymorphisms in thymidylate synthase (TS),...
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