A Provider May Consider Testing for CYP2D6 Variants Prior to Starting

question 1

Multiple Choice

A provider may consider testing for CYP2D6 variants prior to starting tamoxifen for breast cancer to:

• A)Ensure the patient will not have increased adverse drug reactions to the tamoxifen
• B)Identify potential drug-drug interactions that may occur with tamoxifen
• C)Reduce the likelihood of therapeutic failure with tamoxifen treatment
• D)Identify poor metabolizers of tamoxifen

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Definitions:

Confidence Interval

A breadth of values, taken from statistical examination of a sample, that aims to envelop the value of an unrevealed population trait.

Standard Deviation

Standard deviation is a measure of the amount of variation or dispersion in a set of values, indicating how much the individual data points diverge from the mean value.

Sample Mean

The average value calculated from a subset of a population.

Confidence Level

The probability that the values of a parameter lie within a specified range of values, indicating the reliability of an estimate.