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A high-throughput pharmaceutical screen identifies compounds with specific toxicity against BRCA2-deficient tumors.
Clinical cancer research : an official journal of the American Association for Cancer Research - 1 Jan 2010
Evers Bastiaan, Schut Eva, van der Burg Eline, Braumuller Tanya M, Egan David A, Holstege Henne, Edser Pauline, Adams David J, Wade-Martins Richard, Bouwman Peter, Jonkers Jos
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PURPOSE: Hereditary breast cancer is partly explained by germline mutations in BRCA1 and BRCA2. Although patients carry heterozygous mutations, their tumors have typically lost the remaining wild-type allele. Selectively targeting BRCA deficiency may therefore constitute an important therapeutic...
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