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âAn Amazing Giftâ? Memory entrepreneurship, settler colonialism and the Canadian Museum for Human Rights
Latin American politics underground: Networks, rhizomes and resistance in cartonera publishing
Pharmacogenetics of Chemotherapy-Induced Cardiotoxicity
Purpose of reviewThe goal of this review is to summarize current understanding of pharmacogenetics and pharmacogenomics in chemotherapy-induced cardiotoxicity.Recent findingsMost of the studies rely on in vitro cytotoxic assays. There have been several smaller scale candidate gene approaches and a handful of genome-wide studies linking genetic variation to susceptibility to chemotherapy-induced cardiotoxicity. Currently, pharmacogenomic testing of all childhood cancer patients with an indication for doxorubicin or daunorubicin therapy for RARG rs2229774, SLC28A3 rs7853758, and UGT1A6*4 rs17863783 variants is recommended. There is no recommendation regarding testing in adults. There is clear evidence pointing to the role of pharmacogenetics and pharmacogenomics in cardiotoxicity susceptibility to chemotherapeutic agents. Larger scale studies are needed to further identify susceptibility markers and to develop pharmacogenomics-based risk profiling to improve quality of life and life expectancy in cancer survivors