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Contribution of ABCB1 and CYP2D6 genotypes to the outcome of tamoxifen adjuvant treatment in premenopausal women with breast cancer.
Physiological research - 1 Jan 2015
Argalácsová S, Slanař O, Vítek P, Tesařová P, Bakhouche H, DraŽďáková M, Bartošová O, Zima T, PertuŽelka L
Abstract excerpt
Recent pre-clinical evidence suggests that the active metabolite of tamoxifen, endoxifen, is a substrate for efflux pump P-glycoprotein. The aim of our study was to evaluate, if the polymoprhisms within ABCB1 gene alter tamoxifen adjuvant treatment efficacy in premenopausal women. Totally 71 premenopausal women with estrogen receptor positive breast cancer indicated for tamoxifen adjuvant treatment were followed...
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