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Cost-effectiveness of screening for DPYD polymorphisms to prevent neutropenia in cancer patients treated with fluoropyrimidines.
Pharmacogenomics - 1 Jun 2016
Cortejoso Lucía, García-González Xandra, García María I, García-Alfonso Pilar, Sanjurjo María, López-Fernández Luis A
Abstract excerpt
AIM: To compare the cost of screening for three mutations in the dihydropyrimidine dehydrogenase gene and the costs of treating severe fluoropyrimidine-induced neutropenia. MATERIALS & METHODS: The polymorphisms rs3918290 (DPYD*2A), rs67376798 (DPYD 2846A>T) and rs55886062 (1679T>G, DPYD*13) were genotyped using real-time PCR, TaqMan probes and a rapid cell lysis to provide PCR-ready DNA. RESULTS: We found that...
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