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lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
1
pubmed:dateCreated
2007-12-31
pubmed:abstractText
Tamoxifen continues to be a standard endocrine therapy for the prevention and treatment of estrogen receptor (ER)-positive breast cancer. Tamoxifen can be considered a classic "pro-drug," requiring metabolic activation to elicit pharmacological activity. CYP2D6 is the rate-limiting enzyme catalyzing the conversion of tamoxifen into metabolites with significantly greater affinity for the ER and greater ability to inhibit cell proliferation. Both genetic and environmental (drug-induced) factors that alter CYP2D6 enzyme activity directly affect the concentrations of the active tamoxifen metabolites and the outcomes of patients receiving adjuvant tamoxifen. The a priori knowledge of the pharmacogenetic variation known to abrogate CYP2D6 enzyme activity may provide a means by which the hormonal therapy of breast cancer can be individualized.
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pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
AIM
pubmed:chemical
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Jan
pubmed:issn
1532-6535
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Electronic
pubmed:volume
83
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
160-6
pubmed:dateRevised
2011-4-1
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