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ReviewClinical and translational science2024

Pharmacogenetics of tamoxifen in breast cancer patients of African descent: Lack of data.

Bianca Kruger, Delva Shamley, Nyarai Desiree Soko, Collet Dandara

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Review in Clinical and translational science, 2024. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 9 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

0numbers the graph read from it
0cells of the map it votes in
9citing papers in PubMed, 1 pooled it
3.3field-weighted citation impact, top 9% 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

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

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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

4 authors at 2 institutions in 2 countries.

Bianca KrugerPlatform for Pharmacogenomics Research and Translation (PREMED), South African Medical Research Council, Cape Town, South Africa.ORCID 0000-0003-1027-6660
Delva ShamleyDivision of Clinical Anatomy and Biological Anthropology, Department of Human Biology, Faculty of Health Sciences, University of Cape Town, Cape Town, South Africa.ORCID 0000-0003-2355-6629
Nyarai Desiree SokoPlatform for Pharmacogenomics Research and Translation (PREMED), South African Medical Research Council, Cape Town, South Africa.ORCID 0000-0003-1250-8293
Collet DandaraPlatform for Pharmacogenomics Research and Translation (PREMED), South African Medical Research Council, Cape Town, South Africa.ORCID 0000-0002-5925-4895
South African Medical Research Council · ZAUniversity of Cape Town · ZA

Funding

Council for Scientific and Industrial Research (CSIR)South African Medical Research Council (SAMRC)University of Cape Town
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Tamoxifen, a selective estrogen receptor modulator, is used to treat hormone receptor-positive breast cancer. Tamoxifen acts as a prodrug, with its primary therapeutic effect mediated by its principal metabolite, endoxifen. However, tamoxifen has complex pharmacokinetics involving several drug-metabolizing enzymes and transporters influencing its disposition. Genes encoding enzymes involved in tamoxifen disposition exhibit genetic polymorphisms which vary widely across world populations. This review highlights the lack of data on tamoxifen pharmacogenetics among African populations. Gaps in data are described in this study with the purpose that future research can address this dearth of research on the pharmacogenetics of tamoxifen among African breast cancer patients. Initiatives such as the African Pharmacogenomics Network (APN) are crucial in promoting comprehensive pharmacogenetics studies to pinpoint important variants in pharmacogenes that could be used to reduce toxicity and improve efficacy.

Indexed as

Breast NeoplasmsCytochrome P-450 CYP2D6FemaleHumansPharmacogeneticsPolymorphism, GeneticTamoxifenCytochrome P-450 CYP2D6Tamoxifen

Identifiers

PMID38476074
PMCPMC10933661
OpenAlexW4392742512

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