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Candidate pathway-based genetic association study of platinum and platinum-taxane related toxicity in a cohort of primary lung cancer patients.
Journal of the neurological sciences - 15 Feb 2015
Johnson Cassandra, Pankratz Vernon S, Velazquez Ana I, Aakre Jeremiah A, Loprinzi Charles L, Staff Nathan P, Windebank Anthony J, Yang Ping
Abstract excerpt
BACKGROUND: Chemotherapy-induced peripheral neuropathy (CIPN) is a common toxicity secondary to chemotherapy. Genetic factors may be important in predisposing patients to this adverse effect. PATIENTS AND METHODS: We studied 950 primary lung cancer patients, who received platinum or platinum-combination drug chemotherapy and who had DNA available for study. We analyzed epidemiological risk factors in 279 CIPN...
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