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Pharmacogenetic predictors of toxicity to platinum based chemotherapy in non-small cell lung cancer patients.
Pharmacological research - 1 Sept 2016
Pérez-Ramírez Cristina, Cañadas-Garre Marisa, Alnatsha Ahmed, Villar Eduardo, Delgado Juan Ramón, Faus-Dáder María José, Calleja-Hernández Miguel Ÿngel
Abstract excerpt
Platinum-based chemotherapy is the standard treatment for NSCLC patients with EGFR wild-type, and as alternative to failure to EGFR inhibitors. However, this treatment is aggressive and most patients experience grade 3-4 toxicities. ERCC1, ERCC2, ERCC5, XRCC1, MDM2, ABCB1, MTHFR, MTR, SLC19A1, IL6 and IL16 gene polymorphisms may contribute to individual variation in toxicity to chemotherapy. The aim of this study...
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