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SUBMITTER: Cura Y
PROVIDER: S-EPMC10778960 | biostudies-literature | 2023 Dec
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Cura Yasmin Y Sánchez-Martín Almudena A Márquez-Pete Noelia N González-Flores Encarnación E Martínez-Martínez Fernando F Pérez-Ramírez Cristina C Jiménez-Morales Alberto A
International journal of molecular sciences 20231220 1
Colorectal cancer (CRC) is a highly prevalent form of neoplasm worldwide. Capecitabine, an oral antimetabolite, is widely used for CRC treatment; however, there exists substantial variation in individual therapy response. This may be due to genetic variations in genes involved in capecitabine pharmacodynamics (PD). In this study, we investigated the role of single-nucleotide polymorphisms (SNPs) related to capecitabine's PD on disease-free survival (DFS) in CRC patients under adjuvant treatment. ...[more]