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Pharmacogenetic assessment of toxicity and outcome after platinum plus taxane chemotherapy in ovarian cancer: the Scottish Randomised Trial in Ovarian Cancer.
Journal of clinical oncology : official journal of the American Society of Clinical Oncology - 10 Oct 2007
Marsh Sharon, Paul Jim, King Cristi R, Gifford Gillian, McLeod Howard L, Brown Robert
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PURPOSE: Standard therapy for advanced ovarian cancer consists of a platinum agent in combination with a taxane, which has a 5-year survival rate of approximately 45%. The large individual variability for ovarian cancer patients in both outcome and toxicity risk from chemotherapy makes the identification of pharmacogenetic markers that can be used to screen patients before therapy selection an attractive...
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