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Association of genetic variability in enzymes metabolizing chemotherapeutic agents with treatment response in head and neck cancer cases.
Asia-Pacific journal of clinical oncology - 1 Apr 2017
Dhawan Ankur, Ruwali Munindra, Pant Mohan C, Rahman Qamar, Parmar Devendra
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AIM: The prevalence of genetic variants of thiopurine S-methyltransferse (TPMT) and dihydropyrimidine dehydrogenase (DPD) in healthy controls (500) and the treatment response in 500 cases of head and neck cancer of north Indian origin was studied. METHODS: Blood collected from all the subjects was used for isolation of DNA followed by genotyping studies. The cases received cisplatin and 5-fluorouracil (5-FU) or...
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