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Implementation and clinical benefit of DPYD genotyping in a Danish cancer population.
ESMO open - 1 Feb 2023
Paulsen N H, Pfeiffer P, Ewertz M, Fruekilde P B N, Feddersen S, Holm H S, Bergmann T K, Qvortrup C, Damkier P
Abstract excerpt
BACKGROUND: In 2020, the European Medicines Agency recommended testing patients for dihydropyrimidine dehydrogenase (DPD) deficiency before systemic treatment with fluoropyrimidines (FP). DPD activity testing identifies patients at elevated risk of severe FP-related toxicity (FP-TOX). The two most used methods for DPD testing are DPYD genotyping and DPD phenotyping (plasma uracil concentration). The primary...
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