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The role of pharmacogenomics in metastatic renal cell carcinoma.
Cancer metastasis reviews - 1 Sept 2012
Castellano Daniel, Virizuela Juan Antonio, Cruz Josefina, Sepulveda Juan Manuel, Sáez María Isabel, Sáenz Maribel, Paz-Ares Luís
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Pharmacogenomics is the study of how variation in the genetic background affects an individual's response to a specific drug and/or its metabolism. Using knowledge about the genes which produce the enzymes that metabolize a specific drug, a physician may decide to raise or lower the dose, or even change to a different drug. Targeted therapy with tyrosine kinase inhibitors (TKIs) and mammalian target of rapamycin...
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