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SUBMITTER: Udagawa C
PROVIDER: S-EPMC7540972 | biostudies-literature | 2020 Aug
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Udagawa Chihiro C Zembutsu Hitoshi H
Cancer science 20200829 10
Molecular-targeted drugs specifically interfere with molecules that are frequently overexpressed or mutated in cancer cells. As such, these drugs are generally considered to precisely attack cancer cells, thereby inducing fewer adverse drug reactions (ADRs). However, molecular-targeted drugs can still cause characteristic ADRs that, although rarely severe, can be life-threatening. Therefore, it is becoming increasingly important to be able to predict which patients are at risk of developing ADRs ...[more]