Potential Impact of DPYD Variation on Fluoropyrimidine Drug Response in sub-Saharan African Populations

Cancer is a critical health burden in Africa, and mortality rates are rising rapidly. Treatments are expensive and often cause adverse drug reactions (ADRs). Fluoropyrimidine treatments can lead to severe toxicity events which have been linked to variants within the dihydropyrimidine dehydrogenase (...

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Main Authors: Jorge E. B. da Rocha, Zané Lombard, Michèle Ramsay
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Frontiers Media S.A. 2021-03-01
Series:Frontiers in Genetics
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Online Access:https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/fgene.2021.626954/full