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Impact of functional ABCG2 polymorphisms on the adverse effects of gefitinib in Japanese patients with non-small-cell lung cancer.
Cancer chemotherapy and pharmacology - 1 Sept 2010
Akasaka Keiichi, Kaburagi Takayuki, Yasuda Shin'ichi, Ohmori Kyoko, Abe Kaori, Sagara Hironori, Ueda Yoshihiko, Nagao Koshu, Imura Johji, Imai Yasuo
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PURPOSE: ABCG2 is a half-size ATP-binding cassette transporter implicated in cellular gefitinib transport. Reportedly, the c.421C > A ABCG2 gene polymorphism was associated with gefitinib-induced diarrhea in Caucasian patients with non-small-cell lung cancer. Since c.421C > A ABCG2, resulting in p.Q141K substitution, is more prevalent in Asian populations, the putative relationship between gefitinib-induced...
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