Dihydropyrimidine dehydrogenase gene variation and its association with 5-fluorouracil toxicity in colorectal patients

Purpose: Dihydropyrimidine dehydrogenase (DPD), an enzyme translated by DPD gene (DPYD), has a critical role in the metabolism of 5-fluorouracil (5FU). In this study we aimed to investigate the frequency of the IVS14+1 G>A, 2194G>A, 2846 A>T mutations in the DPYD gene in colorectal cancer p...

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Main Authors: ebrahim salehifar, Mohammad Javad Abd Haghighi, Reza Negarande, Ghasem Janbabaei, fateme safgafi, hossein jalali
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: West Asia Organization for Cancer Prevention 2018-09-01
Series:Asian Pacific Journal of Cancer Biology
Online Access:http://www.waocp.org/journal/index.php/apjcb/article/view/142