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Are pharmacogenomic biomarkers an effective tool to predict taxane toxicity and outcome in breast cancer patients? Literature review.
Cancer chemotherapy and pharmacology - 1 Oct 2015
De Iuliis Francesca, Salerno Gerardo, Taglieri Ludovica, Scarpa Susanna
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PURPOSE: Breast cancer is a heterogeneous disease, characterized by various molecular phenotypes that correlate with different prognosis and response to treatments. Taxanes are some of the most active chemotherapeutic agents for breast cancer; however, their utilization is limited, due to hematologic and cumulative neurotoxicity on treated patients. To understand why only some patients experience severe adverse...
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