Increased Prevalence of Dihydropyrimidine Dehydrogenase Deficiency in African-Americans Compared with Caucasians
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- 15 September 2006
- journal article
- research article
- Published by American Association for Cancer Research (AACR) in Clinical Cancer Research
- Vol. 12 (18), 5491-5495
- https://doi.org/10.1158/1078-0432.ccr-06-0747
Abstract
Purpose: African-American patients with colorectal cancer were observed to have increased 5-fluorouracil (5-FU)–associated toxicity (leukopenia and anemia) and decreased overall survival compared with Caucasian patients. One potential source for this disparity may be differences in 5-FU metabolism. Dihydropyrimidine dehydrogenase (DPD), the initial and rate-limiting enzyme of 5-FU catabolism, has previously been shown to have significant interpatient variability in activity. Several studies have linked reduced DPD activity to the development of 5-FU toxicity. Although the distribution of DPD enzyme activity and the frequency of DPD deficiency have been well characterized in the Caucasian population, the distribution of DPD enzyme activity and the frequency of DPD deficiency in the African-American population are unknown.Keywords
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