A case report of a severe fluoropyrimidine-related toxicity due to an uncommon DPYD variant

INTRODUCTION: Fluoropyrimidines such as 5-fluorouracil (5-FU) and its orally active prodrug, capecitabine, are widely used in the treatment of gastrointestinal cancer, including colorectal cancer. Dihydropyrimidine dehydrogenase (DPD) plays an important role in the 5-FU metabolism. Dihydropyrimidine...

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Autores principales: De Falco, Vincenzo, Natalicchio, Maria Iole, Napolitano, Stefania, Coppola, Nicola, Conzo, Giovanni, Martinelli, Erika, Zanaletti, Nicoletta, Vitale, Pasquale, Giunta, Emilio Francesco, Vietri, Maria Teresa, Vitiello, Pietro Paolo, Ciardiello, Davide, Marinaccio, Anna, De Vita, Ferdinando, Ciardiello, Fortunato, Troiani, Teresa
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Wolters Kluwer Health 2019
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Research Article
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6571425/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/31124962
http://dx.doi.org/10.1097/MD.0000000000015759

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https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6571425/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/31124962
http://dx.doi.org/10.1097/MD.0000000000015759

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