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Genetic risk score and acute skin toxicity after breast radiation therapy.
Cancer biotherapy & radiopharmaceuticals - 1 Sept 2014
Borghini Andrea, Vecoli Cecilia, Mercuri Antonella, Petruzzelli Maria Fonte, D'Errico Maria Patrizia, Portaluri Maurizio, Andreassi Maria Grazia
Abstract excerpt
Genetic predisposition has been shown to affect the severity of skin complications in breast cancer patients after radiotherapy. Limited data exist regarding the use of a genetic risk score (GRS) for predicting risk of tissue radiosensitivity. We evaluated the impact of different single-nucleotide polymorphisms (SNPs) in genes related to DNA repair mechanisms and oxidative stress response combined in a GRS on...
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