title: Pharmacogenomics: road to anticancer therapeutics nirvana?
abstract: Interindividual differences in the toxicity and response to anticancer therapies are currently observed for essentially all available treatment regimens. Such 'unpredictable' drug responses are particularly dangerous in the context of anticancer agents that have narrow therapeutic indices. Pharmacogenomics attempts to elucidate the inherited basis of interindividual differences in drug response, with the eventual goal of minimizing such variability through the use of 'individualized' treatments. There are several emerging examples of genetic polymorphisms of drug-metabolizing enzymes, DNA repair genes and drug targets that have been shown to influence the toxicity and efficacy of anticancer treatment. This review discusses the role of genetic variants of UGT1A1, TS and EGFR to exemplify the potential impact of phramacogenomics on the field of anticancer therapeutics.
authors.affiliation: Department of Medicine, The University of Chicago, Chicago, IL, USA.
authors.forename: Apurva A
authors.initials: AA
authors.lastname: Desai
authors.forename: Federico
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Innocenti
authors.forename: Mark J
authors.initials: MJ
authors.lastname: Ratain
mesh_terms: D000970:Antineoplastic Agents / Q000627:therapeutic use*; D000972:Antineoplastic Agents, Phytogenic / Q000009:adverse effects / Q000627:therapeutic use; D002166:Camptothecin / Q000009:adverse effects / Q000031:analogs & derivatives* / Q000627:therapeutic use; D002986:Clinical Trials as Topic; D004260:DNA Repair / Q000235:genetics; D015195:Drug Design; D006801:Humans; D000077146:Irinotecan; D009369:Neoplasms / Q000188:drug therapy* / Q000235:genetics*; D010597:Pharmacogenetics / Q000379:methods*; D013940:Thymidylate Synthase / Q000235:genetics
chemical_list: D000970:Antineoplastic Agents; D000972:Antineoplastic Agents, Phytogenic; D000077146:Irinotecan; D013940:Thymidylate Synthase; D002166:Camptothecin