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Cytidine Deaminase as a Molecular Predictor of Gemcitabine Response in Patients with Biliary Tract Cancer.
Oncology - 1 Jan 2015
Yoon Kyong-Ah, Woo Sang Myung, Hong Eun Kyung, Jung Mee Kyung, Park Weon Seo, Bae Kieun, Han Sung-Sik, Kim Tae Hyun, Koh Young Hwan, Park Sang-Jae, Lee Woo Jin
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OBJECTIVE: Gemcitabine-based chemotherapy is regarded as the standard treatment for biliary tract cancer (BTC). Potential biomarkers for gemcitabine response include the activities of cytidine deaminase (CDA), human equilibrative nucleoside transporter 1 (hENT1), deoxycytidine kinase (DCK), and ribonucleotide reductase M1 (RRM1). Here, we investigated whether single nucleotide polymorphisms (SNPs) in their...
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