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The impact of pharmacogenetics on radiation therapy outcome in cancer patients. A focus on DNA damage response genes.
Cancer treatment reviews - 1 Oct 2012
Borchiellini Delphine, Etienne-Grimaldi Marie-Christine, Thariat Juliette, Milano Gérard
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More than half of cancer patients are treated by radiation therapy, with a wide inter-patient variability in tumour response. Recent advances have been made in understanding molecular mechanisms that govern the behaviour of tumour cells and tissues exposed to ionizing radiation. Accumulating data suggest an important role of DNA damage response genes, including DNA repair (especially double-strand breaks),...
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