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Inherited variation in the ATP-binding cassette transporter ABCB1 and survival after chemotherapy for stage III-IV lung cancer.
Journal of thoracic oncology : official publication of the International Association for the Study of Lung Cancer - 1 Sept 2014
Weissfeld Joel L, Diergaarde Brenda, Nukui Tomoko, Buch Shama, Pennathur Arjun, Socinski Mark A, Siegfried Jill M, Romkes Marjorie
Abstract excerpt
BACKGROUND: The ATP-binding cassette transporter gene ABCB1 and the glutathione S-transferase gene GSTP1 code for a multidrug resistance protein and for a detoxifying phase II metabolic enzyme, respectively, with substrate specificities that include chemotherapy drugs often used to treat lung cancer. METHODS: We genotyped 11 ABCB1 and eight GSTP1 single nucleotide polymorphisms (SNPs) in 698 white lung cancer...
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