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SULT1A1, CYP2C19 and disease-free survival in early breast cancer patients receiving tamoxifen.
Pharmacogenomics - 1 Nov 2011
Moyer Ann M, Suman Vera J, Weinshilboum Richard M, Avula Rajeswari, Black John L, Safgren Stephanie L, Kuffel Mary J, Ames Matthew M, Ingle James N, Goetz Matthew P
Abstract excerpt
AIM: Tamoxifen biotransformation to endoxifen, a potent antiestrogen, is catalyzed by CYP2D6. In addition, CYP2C19 and SULT1A1 have also been implicated in the metabolism of tamoxifen. We sought to evaluate the importance of SULT1A1 copy number and CYP2C19*17 on disease-free survival (DFS) in postmenopausal women randomized to tamoxifen monotherapy in North Central Cancer Treatment Group 89-30-52 from January...
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