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Lack of large intragenic rearrangements in dihydropyrimidine dehydrogenase (DPYD) gene in fluoropyrimidine-treated patients with high-grade toxicity.
Cancer chemotherapy and pharmacology - 1 Aug 2009
Ticha Ivana, Kleiblova Petra, Fidlerova Julie, Novotny Jan, Pohlreich Petr, Kleibl Zdenek
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PURPOSE: Deficiency of dihydropyrimidine dehydrogenase (DPD) has been associated with severe fluoropyrimidines (FP) toxicity. Mutations in DPD-coding gene (DPYD) were shown to increase the risk of severe toxicity in FP-treated cancer patients. However, the majority of DPYD alterations characterized in these patients has been considered as polymorphisms and known deleterious mutations are rare and present in only...
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