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Characterization of a rare nonpathogenic sequence variant (c.1905C>T) of the dihydropyrimidine dehydrogenase gene (DPYD).
The International journal of biological markers - 24 Jul 2017
Palmirotta Raffaele, Lovero Domenica, Silvestris Erica, Carella Claudia, Felici Claudia, Quaresmini Davide, Cafforio Paola, Silvestris Franco
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BACKGROUND: In the era of precision medicine, the suitability of fluoropyrimidine therapies in clinical oncology can be checked by pharmacogenetic investigations of single patients, thus optimizing resources and indicating the appropriate drugs to personalize their chemotherapy. For example, the presence of dihydropyrimidine dehydrogenase gene (DPYD) polymorphisms in cancer patients may lead to adverse effects...
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