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Genetic predisposition of hand-foot skin reaction after sorafenib therapy in patients with hepatocellular carcinoma.
Cancer - 1 Jan 2013
Lee Joo Ho, Chung Young-Hwa, Kim Jeong A, Shim Ju Hyun, Lee Danbi, Lee Han Chu, Shin Eun-Soon, Yoon Jung Hwan, Kim Byung Ik, Bae Si Hyun, Koh Kwang Cheol, Park Neung-Hwa
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BACKGROUND: Sorafenib currently sets the new standard for advanced hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC). It has been suggested that Asian patients with HCC have increased susceptibility to hand-foot skin reaction (HFSR) related to sorafenib therapy. The authors investigated the association between sorafenib-induced HFSR and genetic polymorphisms in Korean patients with HCC. METHODS: For this prospective cohort study,...
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