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Pharmacogenomics of endocrine therapy in breast cancer.
Advances in experimental medicine and biology - 1 Jan 2008
Weinshilboum Richard
Abstract excerpt
The treatment of breast cancer with selective estrogen receptor modulators such as tamoxifen and with aromatase inhibitors represents a major advance in cancer chemotherapy. However, there are large variations among patients in both the therapeutic efficacy and side effects of these drugs. Pharmacogenomics is the study of the role of inheritance in this variation and genetic variation in tamoxifen response...
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