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ERCC1 codon 118 polymorphism is a useful prognostic marker in patients with pancreatic cancer treated with platinum-based chemotherapy.
International journal of oncology - 1 May 2008
Kamikozuru Hirotaka, Kuramochi Hidekazu, Hayashi Kazuhiko, Nakajima Go, Yamamoto Masakazu
Abstract excerpt
Excision repair cross-complementation 1 (ERCC1) has been reported to play a major role in the response to platinum-based therapies. It has recently been proposed that a synonymous polymorphism at codon 118 converting a common codon usage (AAC) to an infrequent one (AAT) may impair ERCC1 translation and to affect the response to cisplatin chemotherapy. We analyzed the association between this polymorphism and...
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