title: Pharmacogenomics: a reality or still a promise?
abstract: Although notable progress has been made in the treatment of non-small-cell lung cancer (NSCLC) in recent years, this disease is still associated with a poor prognosis for most patients. Modern techniques have facilitated the identification of specific genetic factors that may play a role in disease progression and patient response to therapy, prompting research efforts to identify the clinical predictors of outcome for NSCLC. Recent evidence suggests that the application of a pharmacogenomic approach has the potential to greatly improve survival in certain subpopulations of patients with NSCLC, which could profoundly influence the decision-making process used in evolving treatment strategies for this malignancy.
authors.affiliation: H. Lee Moffitt Cancer Center and Research Institute, Tampa, FL, USA. beplerg@moffitt.usf.edu
authors.forename: Gerold
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Bepler
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D000970:Antineoplastic Agents / Q000627:therapeutic use; D002289:Carcinoma, Non-Small-Cell Lung / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000235:genetics* / Q000378:metabolism; D004273:DNA, Neoplasm / Q000187:drug effects / Q000235:genetics; D004268:DNA-Binding Proteins / Q000235:genetics*; D004720:Endonucleases / Q000235:genetics*; D015972:Gene Expression Regulation, Neoplastic / Q000187:drug effects; D006801:Humans; D008175:Lung Neoplasms / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000235:genetics* / Q000378:metabolism; D010597:Pharmacogenetics; D012262:Ribonucleoside Diphosphate Reductase; D016896:Treatment Outcome; D025521:Tumor Suppressor Proteins / Q000235:genetics*
chemical_list: D000970:Antineoplastic Agents; D004273:DNA, Neoplasm; D004268:DNA-Binding Proteins; D025521:Tumor Suppressor Proteins; C475286:RRM1 protein, human; D012262:Ribonucleoside Diphosphate Reductase; C071447:ERCC1 protein, human; D004720:Endonucleases