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Impact of variable CYP genotypes on breast cancer relapse in patients undergoing adjuvant tamoxifen therapy.
Cancer chemotherapy and pharmacology - 1 Jun 2014
Mwinyi Jessica, Vokinger Kerstin, Jetter Alexander, Breitenstein Urs, Hiller Christian, Kullak-Ublick Gerd A, Trojan Andreas
Abstract excerpt
BACKGROUND: Tamoxifen is frequently used for the treatment of hormone receptor positive breast cancer (BC). Mainly CYP2D6 is responsible for the transformation to therapeutically active metabolites, but CYP2C19, CYP2C9 and CYP2B6 also are involved. We investigated the impact of polymorphisms within the genes encoding these CYP enzymes on the relapse-free time (RFT) in patients with BC. METHODS: Ninety-nine...
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