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Methotrexate in pediatric osteosarcoma: response and toxicity in relation to genetic polymorphisms and dihydrofolate reductase and reduced folate carrier 1 expression.
The Journal of pediatrics - 1 May 2009
Patiño-García Ana, Zalacaín Marta, Marrodán Lucía, San-Julián Mikel, Sierrasesúmaga Luis
Abstract excerpt
OBJECTIVE: To determine the influence of the genotype and the level of expression of different enzymes involved in folate metabolism on the response to and toxicity of high-dose methotrexate treatment in pediatric osteosarcomas. STUDY DESIGN: DHFR and Reduced folate carrier 1 (RFC1) semiquantitative expression was analyzed in 34 primary and metastatic osteosarcoma tissues by real-time polymerase chain reaction....
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