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SUBMITTER: Goetz MP
PROVIDER: S-EPMC5931215 | biostudies-literature | 2018 May
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Clinical pharmacology and therapeutics 20180131 5
Tamoxifen is biotransformed by CYP2D6 to 4-hydroxytamoxifen and 4-hydroxy N-desmethyl tamoxifen (endoxifen), both with greater antiestrogenic potency than the parent drug. Patients with certain CYP2D6 genetic polymorphisms and patients who receive strong CYP2D6 inhibitors exhibit lower endoxifen concentrations and a higher risk of disease recurrence in some studies of tamoxifen adjuvant therapy of early breast cancer. We summarize evidence from the literature and provide therapeutic recommendati ...[more]