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Dose-adjustment study of tamoxifen based on CYP2D6 genotypes in Japanese breast cancer patients.
Breast cancer research and treatment - 1 Jan 2012
Kiyotani Kazuma, Mushiroda Taisei, Imamura Chiyo K, Tanigawara Yusuke, Hosono Naoya, Kubo Michiaki, Sasa Mitsunori, Nakamura Yusuke, Zembutsu Hitoshi
Abstract excerpt
CYP2D6 is a key enzyme responsible for the metabolism of tamoxifen to active metabolites, endoxifen, and 4-hydroxytamoxifen. The breast cancer patients who are heterozygous and homozygous for decreased-function and null alleles of CYP2D6 showed lower plasma concentrations of endoxifen and 4-hydroxytamoxifen compared to patients with homozygous-wild-type allele, resulting in worse clinical outcome in tamoxifen...
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