Department of Pharmaceutical Sciences, St Jude Children's Research Hospital, Memphis, Tennessee, USA.
Clin Pharmacol Ther. 2011 Sep;90(3):461-6. doi: 10.1038/clpt.2011.126. Epub 2011 Jul 27.
Pharmacogenomics research is yielding molecular diagnostic tools that can be used to optimize the selection of medications and their doses for individual patients. Given the narrow therapeutic index of most anticancer agents and the serious consequences of undertreatment, cancer chemotherapy is a compelling therapeutic area for translation of pharmacogenomics to the clinic. This review addresses how inherited (germline) and acquired (somatic) sources of genome variability can alter the toxicity or efficacy of cancer chemotherapy.
药物基因组学研究正在产生分子诊断工具,可用于优化个体患者的药物选择和剂量。鉴于大多数抗癌药物的治疗指数较窄,以及治疗不足的严重后果,癌症化疗是将药物基因组学转化为临床应用的一个极有吸引力的治疗领域。本文讨论了遗传(种系)和获得性(体细胞)基因组变异源如何改变癌症化疗的毒性或疗效。