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A case of a life-threatening toxicity following capecitabine treatment: advocacy for dihydropyrimidine dehydrogenase deficiency screening

BJMO - volume 14, issue 4, june 2020

H. Houssiau MD, L. Duck MD, S. Carlier MD, R. Poncin MD, N. Whenham MD, V. Haufroid PhD

SUMMARY

We discuss a life-threatening case of capecitabine toxicity due to the presence of a heterozygous variant on exon 14 (c.1905+1G>A, rs3918290) of the dihydropyrimidine dehydrogenase gene (DPYD). We advocate the need for dihydropyrimidine dehydrogenase deficit screening, which could become mandatory in Belgium, as in France, before any fluoropyrimidine administration to avoid cases of foreseeable toxicity.

(BELG J MED ONCOL 2020;14(4):151–4)

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