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ReviewWorld journal of clinical oncology2014

Impact of CYP2D*6 in the adjuvant treatment of breast cancer patients with tamoxifen.

Christos Markopoulos, Stylianos Kykalos, Dimitrios Mantas

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Review in World journal of clinical oncology, 2014. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 4 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

0numbers the graph read from it
0cells of the map it votes in
4citing papers in PubMed, 1 pooled it
0.9field-weighted citation impact, top 21% of its field
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

4 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it, 7 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

3 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

Christos MarkopoulosChristos Markopoulos, Stylianos Kykalos, Dimitrios Mantas, Breast Unit, 2 Propedeutic Department of Surgery, Faculty of Medicine, National and Kapodistrian University of Athens, 11521 Athens, Greece.
Stylianos KykalosChristos Markopoulos, Stylianos Kykalos, Dimitrios Mantas, Breast Unit, 2 Propedeutic Department of Surgery, Faculty of Medicine, National and Kapodistrian University of Athens, 11521 Athens, Greece.
Dimitrios MantasChristos Markopoulos, Stylianos Kykalos, Dimitrios Mantas, Breast Unit, 2 Propedeutic Department of Surgery, Faculty of Medicine, National and Kapodistrian University of Athens, 11521 Athens, Greece.
National and Kapodistrian University of Athens · GR

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Biotransformation of tamoxifen to the potent antiestrogen endoxifen is performed by cytochrome P450 (CYP) enzymes, in particular the CYP2D6 isoform. CYP2D6*4 is one of the most frequent alleles associated with loss of enzymatic activity. The incidence of CYP2D6*4 among Caucasians is estimated up to 27%, while it is present in up to 90% of all poor metabolizers within the Caucasian population. The hypothesis under question is whether the presence of one or two non-functioning (null) alleles predicts an inferior outcome in postmenopausal women with breast cancer receiving adjuvant treatment with tamoxifen. The numerous existing studies investigating the association of CYP2D6 with treatment failure in breast cancer are inconsistent and give rather conflicting results. Currently, routine CYP2D6 testing among women with breast cancer is not recommended and the significance of CYP2D6 phenotype in decision making regarding the administration of tamoxifen is unclear. The present study summarizes current literature regarding clinical studies on CYP2D6*4, particularly in terms of response to tamoxifen therapy and breast cancer outcome.

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Adjuvant treatmentBreast cancerCYP2D6Tamoxifen

Identifiers

PMID25114852
PMCPMC4127608
OpenAlexW2077172989

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