ABSTRACT A pharmacogenetics/genomics (PGx) anticancer drug testing program is being developed by Kurtz and his group at the Brazilian National Cancer Institute (INCA). Drug -gene pairs were selected for PGx testing based on the presence of clinically validated PGx associations and the availability of international guidelines with PGx-informed dosing recommendations....
ABSTRACT The implementation, current status and future perspectives of the pharmacogenetics/genomics (PGx) testing program developed at Instituto Nacional de Cancer (INCA) are presented. Initial selection of drug-gene pairs for PGx testing was based on clinically-validated PGx associations and availability of international guidelines with PGx-informed dosing recommendations. The selected pairs were...