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January 22, 2019 · Leave a Comment

Pharmacogenomics: finding the right drug, dose for cancer therapy

By Advancing the Science contributor

By Sharon Rosen Each year, nearly 300,000 patients receive the lifesaving chemotherapy 5-fluorouracil (5-FU) to treat many types of cancer, including colorectal, breast, bowel, skin, pancreatic, and esophageal cancer. While it can be an effective treatment, it doesn’t work for everyone. In fact, up to 30 percent of those who receive the standard dose can […]

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Tags: cancer, Center for Individualized Medicine, individualized medicine, Mayo Clinic Cancer Center, personalized medicine, pharmacogenomics, Robert Diasio