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PARP inhibitors and epithelial ovarian cancer: an approach to targeted chemotherapy and personalised medicine.
BJOG : an international journal of obstetrics and gynaecology - 1 Mar 2011
Mukhopadhyay A, Curtin N, Plummer R, Edmondson R J
Abstract excerpt
Poly-ADP ribose polymerase (PARP) inhibitors have emerged as exciting new chemotherapy options for women with ovarian cancer. They exploit a mechanism known as synthetic lethality by targeting specific DNA repair pathways. Recent Phase II clinical trials have shown great promise in treating women with hereditary breast and ovarian cancers associated with BRCA1/2 mutations. Most importantly, they appear to be...
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