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Genotype of human carbonyl reductase CBR3 correlates with doxorubicin disposition and toxicity.
Pharmacogenetics and genomics - 1 Jul 2008
Fan Lu, Goh Boon-Cher, Wong Chiung-Ing, Sukri Norita, Lim Siew-Eng, Tan Sing-Huang, Guo Jia-Yi, Lim Robert, Yap Hui-Ling, Khoo Yok-Moi, Iau Philip, Lee How-Sung, Lee Soo-Chin
Abstract excerpt
OBJECTIVES: Doxorubicin is a cytotoxic drug with potential for severe myelosuppression that is highly variable and poorly predictable. METHODS: We correlated CBR1 and CBR3 genotypes with the pharmacokinetics and pharmacodynamics of doxorubicin in 101 Southeast Asian breast cancer patients receiving first-line doxorubicin. RESULTS: A common CBR3 11G>A variant was associated with lower doxorubicinol area under the...
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