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Pharmacogenomics of gemcitabine: can genetic studies lead to tailor-made therapy?
British journal of cancer - 16 Jul 2007
Ueno H, Kiyosawa K, Kaniwa N
Abstract excerpt
Gemcitabine is a deoxycytidine analogue that has a broad spectrum of antitumour activity in many solid tumours including pancreatic cancer. We have recently carried out a pharmacogenomic study in cancer patients treated with gemcitabine, and found that one genetic polymorphism of an enzyme involv...
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