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Toxic death case in a patient undergoing gemcitabine-based chemotherapy in relation with cytidine deaminase downregulation.
Pharmacogenetics and genomics - 1 Oct 2007
Mercier Cédric, Raynal Caroline, Dahan Laetitia, Ortiz Adrien, Evrard Alexandre, Dupuis Charlotte, Blesius Aurore, Duluc Muriel, Franceschini Fleur, Giacometti Sarah, Salas Sébastien, Milano Gérard, Favre Roger, Seitz Jean-François, Ciccolini Joseph
Abstract excerpt
Gemcitabine is an antimetabolite drug used in the treatment of various solid tumours, including lung, pancreatic or gynaecological cancers. Innovative combinational strategies (e.g. gemcitabine+capecitabine or gemcitabine+oxaliplatin) make gemcitabine an extensively prescribed drug now. Gemcitabine is characterized by a narrow therapeutic index, and its liver elimination depends upon a key enzymatic step, driven...
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