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Response to the FDA Decision Regarding DPYD Testing Prior to Fluoropyrimidine Chemotherapy.
Clinical pharmacology and therapeutics - 1 Oct 2023
Hertz Daniel L, Smith D Max, Scott Stuart A, Patel Jai N, Hicks J Kevin
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Fluoropyrimidine (FP) chemotherapy is associated with severe, life-threatening toxicities, particularly among patients who carry deleterious germline variants in the DPYD gene. Pretreatment DPYD testing is standard of care throughout most of Europe; however, it has not been recommended in clinical practice guidelines in the United States. Due to increased risk of severe toxicity, a Citizen's Petition asked the US...
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