Personalised Medicine Approach For Fluoropyrimidine-based Therapies

Please see new guidance from the UK Chemotherapy Board on ‘Personalised Medicine Approach For Fluoropyrimidine-based Therapies’.

Objective of document: To provide clinical staff with guidance as to which patients should receive a DPD test and then subsequently to provide advice to clinical staff on the outcome of that test.

Full guidance can be accessed HERE or found in our resource center in the BOPA website.

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