Title |
Pharmacogenetics of anti-cancer drugs: State of the art and implementation – recommendations of the French National Network of Pharmacogenetics
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Published in |
Therapie, January 2017
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DOI | 10.1016/j.therap.2017.01.005 |
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Authors |
Sylvie Quaranta, Fabienne Thomas |
Abstract |
Individualized treatment is of special importance in oncology because the drugs used for chemotherapy have a very narrow therapeutic index. Pharmacogenetics may contribute substantially to clinical routine for optimizing cancer treatment to limit toxic effects while maintaining efficacy. This review presents the usefulness of pharmacogenetic tests for some key applications: dihydropyrimidine dehydrogenase (DPYD) genotyping for fluoropyrimidine (5-fluorouracil, capecitabine), UDP glucuronosylstransferase (UGT1A1) for irinotecan and thiopurine S-methyltransferase (TPMT) for thiopurine drugs. Depending on the level of evidence, the French National Network of Pharmacogenetics (RNPGx) has issued three levels of recommendations for these pharmacogenetic tests: essential, advisable, and potentially useful. Other applications, for which the level of evidence is still discussed, will be evoked in the final section of this review. |
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Spain | 2 | 67% |
Canada | 1 | 33% |
Demographic breakdown
Type | Count | As % |
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Members of the public | 3 | 100% |
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Unknown | 46 | 100% |
Demographic breakdown
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Researcher | 10 | 22% |
Student > Master | 7 | 15% |
Other | 5 | 11% |
Student > Ph. D. Student | 4 | 9% |
Student > Doctoral Student | 4 | 9% |
Other | 7 | 15% |
Unknown | 9 | 20% |
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Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutical Science | 19 | 41% |
Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology | 6 | 13% |
Medicine and Dentistry | 4 | 9% |
Nursing and Health Professions | 1 | 2% |
Psychology | 1 | 2% |
Other | 3 | 7% |
Unknown | 12 | 26% |