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Pharmacogenetic tailoring of irinotecan-based first-line chemotherapy in metastatic colorectal cancer: results of a pilot study.
Anticancer research - 1 Jan 2011
Freyer Gilles, Duret Aude, Milano Gerard, Chatelut Etienne, Rebischung Christine, Delord Jean-Pierre, Merrouche Yacine, Lledo Gerard, Etienne Marie-Christine, Falandry Claire
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BACKGROUND: Tolerability to irinotecan may be explained by pharmacogenomic polymorphisms. The purpose of this pharmacogenetic trial was to study the relevance of thymidylate synthase (TS) genotyping and of the isoform 1A1 of uridine diphosphate glucuronosyltransferase (UGT1A1) in order to tailor a combination chemotherapy regimen of 5-fluorouracil, leucovorin and irinotecan (FOLFIRI) in metastatic colorectal...
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