Editorial
Pharmacogenetics for Oncology Practice
Pharmacogenetics (PG) refers to the hereditary basis of drug response and has held the promise of pharmacotherapy that is individualised both in the selection...
Review Article
Germline Genetic Testing to Predict Drug Response and Toxicity in Oncology— Reality or Fiction?
There is an increasing interest in personalised medicine, perhaps none greater than in the field of oncology. The idea of making therapeutic decisions based...
Review Article
Inter-Ethnic Differences—How Important is it in Cancer Treatment?
Inter-individual differences in drug responses are well recognised and may be due to genetic or environmental differences. These genetic or environmental influences may also...
Review Article
Tumour Genetics and Genomics to Personalise Cancer Treatment
The goal of any medical therapy is to accurately deliver the right drug against the right disease in the right patient. We have taken...
Others
Challenges and Pitfalls in the Introduction of Pharmacogenetics for Cancer
Pharmacogenetics, by definition, refers to the study of genetic differences in metabolic pathways which can affect an individual’s responses to drugs in terms of...