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Exploiting Pharmacokinetic Models of Tamoxifen and Endoxifen to Identify Factors Causing Subtherapeutic Concentrations in Breast Cancer Patients.
Clinical pharmacokinetics - 1 Feb 2018
Klopp-Schulze Lena, Joerger Markus, Wicha Sebastian G, Ter Heine Rob, Csajka Chantal, Parra-Guillen Zinnia P, Kloft Charlotte
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BACKGROUND AND OBJECTIVES: A better understanding of the highly variable pharmacokinetics (PK) of tamoxifen and its active metabolite endoxifen in breast cancer patients is crucial to support individualised treatment. This study used a modelling and simulation approach to quantitatively assess the influence of cytochrome P450 (CYP) 2D6 activity and other relevant factors on tamoxifen and endoxifen PK to identify...
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