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Highlight on DPYD gene polymorphisms and treatment by capecitabine (.).
Scandinavian journal of clinical and laboratory investigation. Supplementum - 1 Jan 2016
Milano Gérard
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BACKGROUND: Sequencing of DPYD exome was conducted in a prospective cohort of advanced breast cancer patients receiving capecitabine. METHODS: A total of 243 patients were analyzed. Digestive, neurologic and hematotoxicity over cycles 1-2 showed 10.3% G3 and 2.1% G4, including one toxic death. DPYD exome, flanking intronic regions (20 bp), 3'UTR and part of 5'UTR (500 bp) were sequenced on MiSeq Illumina...
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