Individual response to treatment: is it a valid assumption?
review · Level V
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Abstract
Most drug trials assume that patients respond consistently to treatment, but the assumption is rarely tested. If patients vary randomly in their response to a drug rather than some patients never responding, searches for a genetic basis for non-response are futile
Medical subject headings
- Drug Therapy
- Pharmacogenetics
- Treatment Outcome