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Investigation of IVS14+ 1G > A polymorphism of DPYD gene in a group of Turkish patients with colorectal cancer.
Anticancer research - 1 Jan 2000
Uzunkoy Ali, Dilmec Fuat, Ozgonul Abdullah, van Kuilenburg Andre B P, Akkafa Feridun
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BACKGROUND: Dihydropyrimidine dehydrogenase (DPD) is a critical enzyme in the catabolism of 5-fluorouracil (5-FU), a drug frequently used in cancer therapy. One of the possible causes of severe 5-FU toxicity is genetic polymorphisms in the DPYD gene, such as IVS14+1G > A. In this study we aimed t...
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