A prospective observational study of on-treatment plasma homocysteine levels as a biomarker of toxicity, depression and vitamin supplementation lead-in time pre pemetrexed, in patients with non-small cell lung cancer and malignant mesothelioma

OBJECTIVES: Vitamin supplementation reduces pemetrexed toxicity. Raised plasma homocysteine reflects deficiency in vitamin B12 and folate, and is suppressed by supplementation. This observational study of 112 patients receiving pemetrexed-based chemotherapy assessed homocysteine levels after 3 weeks...

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Autores principales: Minchom, Anna, Mak, Daisy, Gunapala, Ranga, Walder, David, Kumar, Rajiv, Yousaf, Nadia, Hodgkiss, Andrew, Bhosle, Jaishree, Popat, Sanjay, O’Brien, Mary E. R.
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Public Library of Science 2019
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Research Article
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6877184/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/31765437
http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0225509

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https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6877184/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/31765437
http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0225509

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