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Part 3: Pharmacogenetic variability in phase II anticancer drug metabolism.
The oncologist - 1 Jan 2011
Deenen Maarten J, Cats Annemieke, Beijnen Jos H, Schellens Jan H M
Abstract excerpt
Equivalent drug doses may lead to wide interpatient variability in drug response to anticancer therapy. Known determinants that may affect the pharmacological response to a drug are, among others, nongenetic factors, including age, gender, use of comedication, and liver and renal function. Nonetheless, these covariates do not explain all the observed interpatient variability. Differences in genetic constitution...
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