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Life-threatening toxicities in a patient with UGT1A1*6/*28 and SLCO1B1*15/*15 genotypes after irinotecan-based chemotherapy.
Cancer chemotherapy and pharmacology - 1 May 2009
Takane Hiroshi, Kawamoto Katsuyuki, Sasaki Tomohiro, Moriki Kuniaki, Moriki Kazuyo, Kitano Hiroya, Higuchi Shun, Otsubo Kenji, Ieiri Ichiro
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INTRODUCTION: To explore severe toxicities induced by irinotecan-based chemotherapy and UGT1A1*6/*28 and SLCO1B1*15/*15 genotypes. CASE REPORT: A 66-year-old Japanese male diagnosed with left pharyngeal carcinoma (T2N2bM0, stage IVA) was treated with irinotecan (70 mg/m(2)) on days 1, 8 and 15 in combination with docetaxel (60 mg/m(2)) on day 1 of a 28-day cycle. After the first cycle, he suffered marked...
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