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Advanced cancer pain: the search for genetic factors correlated with interindividual variability in opioid requirement.
Pharmacogenomics - 1 Aug 2017
Matic Maja, Jongen Joost Lm, Elens Laure, de Wildt Saskia N, Tibboel Dick, Sillevis Smitt Peter Ae, van Schaik Ron Hn
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AIM: To assess association between genetic variants and opioid requirement in cancer patients. MATERIALS & METHODS: A prospective observational trial of 243 advanced cancer patients with inadequate analgesia treated by the palliative care team was analyzed for ABCB1, ARRB2, COMT, GCH1, IL1RN, KCNJ6, OPRM1, RHBDF2, SCN9A and Stat6 polymorphisms. RESULTS: For patients carrying OPRM1 118AG/GG and COMT 472GG...
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