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Genetic factors influencing cytarabine therapy.
Pharmacogenomics - 1 Oct 2009
Lamba Jatinder K
Abstract excerpt
The mainstay of acute myeloid leukemia chemotherapy is the nucleoside analog cytarabine (ara-C). Numerous studies suggest that the intracellular concentrations of the ara-C active metabolite, ara-CTP, vary widely among patients and, in turn, are associated with variability in clinical response to acute myeloid leukemia treatment. Thus, genetic variation in key genes in the ara-C metabolic pathway--specifically,...
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