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Pharmacogenetics of conventional chemotherapy in non-small-cell lung cancer: a changing landscape?
Pharmacogenomics - 1 Jul 2012
Giovannetti Elisa, Toffalorio Francesca, De Pas Tommaso, Peters Godefridus J
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Pharmacogenetics might be used to select patients who may benefit from specific chemotherapy that best matches the individual and tumor genetic profile, thus allowing maximum activity and minimal toxicity. Even if most studies in non-small-cell lung cancer yielded contradictory results, several potential biomarkers for sensitivity/resistance to platinum compounds, gemcitabine, taxanes and pemetrexed have been...
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