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. 2023 May 20;41(15):2701-2705.
doi: 10.1200/JCO.22.02364. Epub 2023 Feb 23.

DPYD Testing: Time to Put Patient Safety First

Sharyn D Baker  1 , Susan E Bates  2 , Gabriel A Brooks  3 , William L Dahut  4 , Robert B Diasio  5 , Wafik S El-Deiry  6 , William E Evans  7 , William D Figg  8 , Dan L Hertz  9 , J Kevin Hicks  10 , Suneel Kamath  11 , Pashtoon Murtaza Kasi  12 , Todd C Knepper  10 , Howard L McLeod  13 , Peter H O'Donnell  14 , Mary V Relling  7 , Michelle A Rudek  15 , Tristan M Sissung  8 , D Max Smith  16 , Alex Sparreboom  1 , Sandra M Swain  16 , Christine M Walko  10
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DPYD Testing: Time to Put Patient Safety First

Sharyn D Baker et al. J Clin Oncol. .
No abstract available

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Christine M. Walko

Employment: Mission Healthcare

Consulting or Advisory Role: Jackson Laboratory for Genomic Medicine, Intermountain Precision Genomics, Clarified Precision Medicine

No other potential conflicts of interest were reported.

Comment in

  • Consent in Pharmacogenetic Testing.
    Ando Y, Terada T. Ando Y, et al. J Clin Oncol. 2023 Aug 1;41(22):3875. doi: 10.1200/JCO.23.00664. Epub 2023 Jun 2. J Clin Oncol. 2023. PMID: 37267582 No abstract available.

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