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Phase II, open-label, randomized, multicenter study comparing the efficacy and safety of olaparib, a poly (ADP-ribose) polymerase inhibitor, and pegylated liposomal doxorubicin in patients with BRCA1 or BRCA2 mutations and recurrent ovarian cancer.
Journal of clinical oncology : official journal of the American Society of Clinical Oncology - 1 Feb 2012
Kaye Stan B, Lubinski Jan, Matulonis Ursula, Ang Joo Ern, Gourley Charlie, Karlan Beth Y, Amnon Amit, Bell-McGuinn Katherine M, Chen Lee-May, Friedlander Michael, Safra Tamar, Vergote Ignace, Wickens Mark, Lowe Elizabeth S, Carmichael James, Kaufman Bella
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PURPOSE: Olaparib (AZD2281), an orally active poly (ADP-ribose) polymerase inhibitor that induces synthetic lethality in BRCA1- or BRCA2-deficient cells, has shown promising clinical efficacy in nonrandomized phase II trials in patients with ovarian cancer with BRCA1 or BRCA2 deficiency. We asses...
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