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Association between CYP2D6 *10 genotype and survival of breast cancer patients receiving tamoxifen treatment.
Annals of oncology : official journal of the European Society for Medical Oncology - 1 Aug 2008
Xu Y, Sun Y, Yao L, Shi L, Wu Y, Ouyang T, Li J, Wang T, Fan Z, Fan T, Lin B, He L, Li P, Xie Y
Abstract excerpt
BACKGROUND: Human cytochrome P450 2D6 (CYP2D6) genotype may affect the efficacy of tamoxifen treatment in Caucasian women with breast cancer. The most common polymorphism of CYP2D6 in Chinese women is variant 10 (188 C to T). PATIENTS AND METHODS: Tamoxifen and 4-hydroxytamoxifen (4OHtam) were measured in the serum of 37 women with breast cancer who were receiving tamoxifen treatment. The association between...
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