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Cyclophosphamide-metabolizing enzyme polymorphisms and survival outcomes after adjuvant chemotherapy for node-positive breast cancer: a retrospective cohort study.
Breast cancer research : BCR - 1 Jan 2010
Gor Priya P, Su H Irene, Gray Robert J, Gimotty Phyllis A, Horn Michelle, Aplenc Richard, Vaughan William P, Tallman Martin S, Rebbeck Timothy R, DeMichele Angela
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INTRODUCTION: Cyclophosphamide-based adjuvant chemotherapy is a mainstay of treatment for women with node-positive breast cancer, but is not universally effective in preventing recurrence. Pharmacogenetic variability in drug metabolism is one possible mechanism of treatment failure. We hypothesize that functional single nucleotide polymorphisms (SNPs) in drug metabolizing enzymes (DMEs) that activate (CYPs) or...
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