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PARP inhibitors in BRCA gene-mutated ovarian cancer and beyond.
Current oncology reports - 1 Dec 2011
Banerjee Susana, Kaye Stan
Abstract excerpt
Poly(ADP-ribose)polymerase (PARP) inhibitors are showing considerable promise for the treatment of BRCA mutation-associated ovarian and breast cancer. This approach exploits a synthetic lethal strategy to target the specific DNA repair pathway in cancers that harbor mutations in the BRCA1 or BRCA2 genes. Accumulating evidence suggests that PARP inhibitors may have a wider application in the treatment of sporadic,...
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