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Pharmacogenetic assessment of clinical outcome in patients with metastatic breast cancer treated with docetaxel plus capecitabine.
Journal of cancer research and clinical oncology - 1 Jul 2012
Dong Ningning, Yu Jing, Wang Chaoying, Zheng Xiaohui, Wang Zheng, Di Lijun, Song Guohong, Zhu Budong, Che Li, Jia Jun, Jiang Hanfang, Zhou Xinna, Wang Xiaoli, Ren Jun
Abstract excerpt
PURPOSE: Docetaxel plus capecitabine, a commonly used chemotherapeutic regimen for metastatic breast cancer (MBC), is highly variable in its effectiveness. We aimed to investigate whether allelic variants of cytochrome P450 (CYP450) affected objective response, progression-free survival (PFS), and overall survival (OS) in MBC. PATIENTS AND METHODS: 79 SNPs in CYP450, whose minor allele frequency were ≥ 10%, were...
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