Pharmacogenetic Analyses of a Phase III Trial in Metastatic Gastroesophageal Adenocarcinoma With Fluorouracil and Leucovorin Plus Either Oxaliplatin or Cisplatin: A Study of the Arbeitsgemeinschaft Internistische Onkologie

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PURPOSE: To evaluate the association of germ-line polymorphisms of genes that may impact treatment outcome of platinum and fluorouracil combination chemotherapy in advanced gastric cancer (AGC). PATIENTS AND METHODS: Blood samples of 156 patients enrolled onto a phase III study comparing fluorouracil, leucovorin, and oxaliplatin with fluorouracil, leucovorin, and cisplatin were collected. Polymorphisms within...

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