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Cancer Therapy
New data illuminates research in cancer therapy
December 1st, 2005
Data on cancer therapy are outlined in reports from the United States, Japan and Turkey. Study 1: Pretreatment evaluation of drug metabolism genes can help predict individual patient response to anticancer drugs. Scientists in the United States conducted a study "to evaluate associations between patient survival, pharmacokinetics, and drug metabolism-related genetic polymorphisms in patients receiving a combination chemotherapy regimen for breast cancer. A genotype association study was conducted on 85 chemotherapy-naive patients with metastatic or inflammatory breast cancer that were evaluated for an extended period after receiving standard-dose...
Source: Women's Health Weekly (2005-12-01)
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