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Genotype-Guided Dosing Study of FOLFIRI plus Bevacizumab in Patients with Metastatic Colorectal Cancer.
Clinical cancer research : an official journal of the American Association for Cancer Research - 15 Feb 2017
Toffoli Giuseppe, Sharma Manish R, Marangon Elena, Posocco Bianca, Gray Elizabeth, Mai Quan, Buonadonna Angela, Polite Blase N, Miolo Gianmaria, Tabaro Gianna, Innocenti Federico
Abstract excerpt
Purpose:UGT1A1*28 confers a higher risk of toxicity in patients treated with irinotecan. Patients with *1/*1 and *1/*28 genotypes might tolerate higher than standard doses of irinotecan. We aimed to identify the MTD of irinotecan in patients with metastatic colorectal cancer (mCRC) with *1/*1 and *1/*28 genotypes treated with FOLFIRI plus bevacizumab, and to determine whether bevacizumab alters irinotecan...
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