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ReviewJournal of biomedicine & biotechnology2011

Sex differences in drug disposition.

Offie P Soldin, Sarah H Chung, Donald R Mattison

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Review in Journal of biomedicine & biotechnology, 2011. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 148 papers, 2 of them syntheses that pooled it.

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148citing papers in PubMed, 2 pooled it
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1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

Each row is one number read from the abstract, on the scale the paper reported it, with its interval. Left of the dashed line favours the treatment, right favours the comparator. Under each row is the sentence it came from. New to these charts? A ten-minute tutorial.

The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.

2 · The registry

The trial behind it

Trials whose registry record cites this paper, or whose number appears in the abstract. A trial that started after this paper was published is citing it as background, not reporting it.

Neither the registry nor the abstract names a trial number. If this is a trial report, that itself is worth knowing.

3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

148 citing papers in PubMed, 2 syntheses or guidelines pooled it.

  1. Pooled it
  2. Antibiotics for secondary prevention of coronary heart disease.The Cochrane database of systematic reviews · 2021
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  6. Sex-Related Differences in Physiologically-Based Biopharmaceutics Modeling.CPT: pharmacometrics & systems pharmacology · 2026
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  7. Sex-Specific Regulation of Glycemic Homeostasis by Theabrownin from Pu-erh Tea.Advanced science (Weinheim, Baden-Wurttemberg, Germany) · 2026
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  13. Adverse drug reactions associated with doxorubicin and epirubicin: A descriptive analysis from VigiBase.Journal of oncology pharmacy practice : official publication of the International Society of Oncology Pharmacy Practitioners · 2026
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  14. Biological sex differences in pharmacokinetics and adverse drug reactions.Naunyn-Schmiedeberg's archives of pharmacology · 2026
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  17. Sex and gender differences in cancer pathogenesis and pharmacology.Clinical & translational oncology : official publication of the Federation of Spanish Oncology Societies and of the National Cancer Institute of Mexico · 2025
    Review
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  19. Sex-related differences in the efficacy and toxicity of cancer treatments.Clinical & translational oncology : official publication of the Federation of Spanish Oncology Societies and of the National Cancer Institute of Mexico · 2025
    Review
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88 more citing papers are in PubMed but not listed here.

4 · The record

Corrections and comments

PubMed lists nothing against this paper. Absence here is not a guarantee, only a check that was made.

5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

3 authors.

Offie P SoldinDepartment of Oncology, Georgetown University Medical Center, Washington, DC 20057, USA. os35@georgetown.edu
Sarah H Chung
Donald R Mattison

Funding

Hyopthyroidism Treatment in Aging and Thyroid CancerR01AG033867 · NIA · GEORGETOWN UNIVERSITY · PI BURMAN, KENNETH D, JONKLAAS, JACQUELINE · 2010 to 2014
$1.8M
NIA NIH HHS R01 AG033867NICHD NIH HHS 5U10HD0478925
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Physiological, hormonal, and genetic differences between males and females affect the prevalence, incidence, and severity of diseases and responses to therapy. Understanding these differences is important for designing safe and effective treatments. This paper summarizes sex differences that impact drug disposition and includes a general comparison of clinical pharmacology as it applies to men and women.

Indexed as

AbsorptionAnalgesics, OpioidAnesthesiaBiological AvailabilityBody CompositionCardiac OutputCarrier ProteinsCytochrome P-450 Enzyme SystemDrug-Related Side Effects and Adverse ReactionsFemaleGonadal Steroid HormonesHumansKidneyLiverMalePharmaceutical PreparationsAnalgesics, OpioidCarrier ProteinsCytochrome P-450 Enzyme SystemGonadal Steroid HormonesPharmaceutical Preparations

Identifiers

PMID21403873
PMCPMC3051160

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