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CYP3A4 and seasonal variation in vitamin D status in addition to CYP2D6 contribute to therapeutic endoxifen level during tamoxifen therapy.
Breast cancer research and treatment - 1 May 2013
Teft Wendy A, Gong Inna Y, Dingle Brian, Potvin Kylea, Younus Jawaid, Vandenberg Theodore A, Brackstone Muriel, Perera Francisco E, Choi Yun-Hee, Zou Guangyong, Legan Robin M, Tirona Rommel G, Kim Richard B
Abstract excerpt
Tamoxifen is a widely utilized adjuvant anti-estrogen agent for hormone receptor-positive breast cancer, known to undergo CYP2D6-mediated bioactivation to endoxifen. However, little is known regarding additional genetic and non-genetic determinants of optimal endoxifen plasma concentration. Therefore, 196 breast cancer patients on tamoxifen were enrolled in this prospective study over a 24-month period. Blood...
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