Journal of Oncology Practice, Vol 1, No 4 (November), 2005: pp. 155-159
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American Society of Clinical Oncology.
DOI: 10.1200/JOP.1.4.155
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Pharmacogenomics of Tamoxifen in a NutshellAnd Who Broke the Nutcracker?
Frankie Ann Holmes, MD, FACP,
Jeffrey D. Liticker, RPh, BCOP
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Imagine biting into one of south Texas's most inviting sweets, a pecan pie, but with all the pecans still in their shellsnot only insipid, but potentially dangerous. At the 2003 San Antonio Breast Cancer Symposium (San Antonio, TX, December 3-6, 2003), my heart sank when I learned that the activity of tamoxifen was almost completely inhibited when paroxetine was coadministereda pairing I so frequently used for control of vasomotor symptoms. Subsequently, Stearns et al1 published their evolved understanding of tamoxifen pharmacokinetics; it attracted the attention of the Cable News Network (CNN), and it was viewed widely by patients and their . . . [Click for More]

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