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Alternative chemoradiotherapy in anal carcinoma patients with mutations in thymidylate synthase and dihydropyrimidine dehydrogenase genes.

Muhammad Wasif M SaifRuchi HamalNauman SiddiquiAntonia MaloneyMelissa Smith
Published in: Therapeutic advances in gastroenterology (2021)
Molecular testing for DPYD and TYMS genes can allow us to identify patients who are most likely to respond or face severe toxicity to 5-FU in a potentially curable cancer. Combining radiation with CDDP with MMC in patients with AC is feasible. A prospective study based on pharmacogenetic testing comparing MMC/cisplatin with MMC/5-FU is indicated in patients with AC.
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