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Pharmacogenetic predictors of adverse events and response to chemotherapy in metastatic colorectal cancer: results from North American Gastrointestinal Intergroup Trial N9741.
Journal of clinical oncology : official journal of the American Society of Clinical Oncology - 10 Jul 2010
McLeod Howard L, Sargent Daniel J, Marsh Sharon, Green Erin M, King Cristi R, Fuchs Charles S, Ramanathan Ramesh K, Williamson Stephen K, Findlay Brian P, Thibodeau Stephen N, Grothey Axel, Morton Roscoe F, Goldberg Richard M
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PURPOSE: With three available chemotherapy drugs for advanced colorectal cancer (CRC), response rate (RR) and survival outcomes have improved with associated morbidity, accentuating the need for tools to select optimal individualized treatment. Pharmacogenetics identifies the likelihood of adverse events or response based on variants in genes involved in drug transport, metabolism, and cellular targets. PATIENTS...
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