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Genetic variants and enzyme activity in citidin deaminase: Relationship with capecitabine toxicity and recommendation for dose adjustment.
Farmacia hospitalaria : organo oficial de expresion cientifica de la Sociedad Espanola de Farmacia Hospitalaria - 1 Jan 2000
Castro-Sánchez Paula, Talens-Bolós M Amparo, Prieto-Castelló María José, Pitaluga-Poveda Loreto, Barrera-Ramírez Juan Antonio, Corno-Caparrós Andrés
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OBJECTIVE: Capecitabine, an antineoplastic drug used in the treatment of breast and colon cancer, can cause severe, even fatal toxicity in some patients. The interindividual variability of this toxicity is largely due to genetic variations in target genes and enzymes of metabolism of this drug, such as thymidylate synthase and dihydropyrimidine dehydrogenase. The enzyme cytidine deaminase (CDA), involved in the...
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