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SUBMITTER: English BC
PROVIDER: S-EPMC2999510 | biostudies-literature | 2010 Nov
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
English Bevin C BC Baum Caitlin E CE Adelberg David E DE Sissung Tristan M TM Kluetz Paul G PG Dahut William L WL Price Douglas K DK Figg William D WD
Therapeutics and clinical risk management 20101119
A single nucleotide polymorphism (SNP) in CYP2C8 (rs1934951), was previously identified in a genome-wide association study as a risk factor for the development of osteonecrosis of the jaw (ONJ) in patients receiving bisphosphonates (BPs) for multiple myeloma. To determine if the same SNP is also associated with the development of ONJ in men receiving BPs for bone metastases from prostate cancer, we genotyped 100 men with castrate-resistant prostate cancer treated with bisphosphonates for bone me ...[more]