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Associations between CYP2A6 polymorphisms and outcomes of adjuvant S-1 chemotherapy in patients with curatively resected gastric cancer.
Gastric cancer : official journal of the International Gastric Cancer Association and the Japanese Gastric Cancer Association - 1 Jan 2017
Jeong Jae Ho, Park Sook Ryun, Ahn Yongchel, Ryu Min-Hee, Ryoo Baek-Yeol, Kong Sun-Young, Yook Jeong Hwan, Yoo Moon-Won, Kim Beom Su, Kim Byung Sik, Kang Yoon-Koo
Abstract excerpt
BACKGROUND: Oral fluoropyrimidine S-1 contains tegafur, which is metabolized to 5-fluorouracil by cytochrome P450 2A6 (CYP2A6). We here examined associations between CYP2A6 polymorphisms and treatment outcomes of adjuvant S-1 in gastric cancer patients. METHODS: Patients received adjuvant S-1 (40 mg/m2 twice daily, days 1-28, every 6 weeks for eight cycles) after curative surgery for pathological stage II-III...
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