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Relationship between antimetabolite toxicity and pharmacogenetics in Turkish cancer patients.
Asian Pacific journal of cancer prevention : APJCP - 1 Jan 2012
Dogan Mutlu, Karabulut Halil G, Tukun Ajlan, Demirkazik Ahmet, Utkan Gungor, Yalcin Bulent, Dincol Dilek, Akbulut Hakan, Icli Fikri
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INTRODUCTION: Antimetabolites may cause severe toxicity and even toxic death in cancer patients. Our aim was to evaluate the relationship between antimetabolite toxicity and pharmacogenetics in patients with severe clinical toxicity or alanine transaminase (ALT) elevation after fluorouracil (5FU), capecitabine or methotrexate administration. PATIENTS AND METHODS: Cancer patients with severe antimetabolite...
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