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Concordance between CYP2D6 genotypes obtained from tumor-derived and germline DNA.
Journal of the National Cancer Institute - 4 Sept 2013
Rae James M, Regan Meredith M, Thibert Jacklyn N, Gersch Christina, Thomas Dafydd, Leyland-Jones Brian, Viale Giuseppe, Pusztai Lajos, Hayes Daniel F, Skaar Todd, Van Poznak Catherine
Abstract excerpt
Formalin-fixed, paraffin-embedded tumors (FFPETs) are a valuable source of DNA for genotype association studies and are often the only germline DNA resource from cancer clinical trials. The anti-estrogen tamoxifen is metabolized into endoxifen by CYP2D6, leading to the hypothesis that patients wi...
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