TraitHigh when call is present
Chemotherapy (fluoropyrimidine) tolerance (DPYD)
Chemotherapy (fluoropyrimidine) tolerance (DPYD) is a genetic trait Biome reports in its medication response panel: How well the DPD enzyme breaks down fluoropyrimidine chemotherapy drugs (5-FU, capecitabine) — lower activity raises the risk of severe side effects.
- Category
- Medication response
- Markers
- DPYD phenotype
- Strength of evidence
- High when call is present
- DNA-test coverage
- Stronger with whole genome
Genes
How Biome reads this
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