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Associations between UGT1A1*6 or UGT1A1*6/*28 polymorphisms and irinotecan-induced neutropenia in Asian cancer patients.
Cancer chemotherapy and pharmacology - 1 Apr 2014
Han Fei-fei, Guo Chang-long, Yu Dan, Zhu Jin, Gong Li-li, Li Guang-run, Lv Ya-li, Liu He, An Guang-yu, Liu Li-hong
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PURPOSE: Neutropenia is a life-threatening side effect of irinotecan, and uridine diphosphate glucuronosyltransferases (UGTs) gene polymorphisms are considered to be one of the predictive markers of irinotecan-related toxicities. Many studies have demonstrated that patients bearing UGT1A1*28 have a higher risk of severe neutropenia on toxicity of irinotecan. However, UGT1A1 (TA7/TA7) was very rare in Asian...
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