The authors argued that CYP2D6 metabolizing phenotype is not the correct surrogate for predicting symptoms or outcome of tamoxifen-treated postmenopausal women, and advocated that CYP2D6 pharmacogenetic testing to determine whether adjuvant tamoxifen should be given to postmenopausal women with endocrine-responsive breast cancer is not justified (Regan et al., 2012). This evidence concerns the gene CYP2D6 and breast carcinoma.