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Secondary mutations in BRCA2 associated with clinical resistance to a PARP inhibitor.
The Journal of pathology - 1 Feb 2013
Barber Louise J, Sandhu Shahneen, Chen Lina, Campbell James, Kozarewa Iwanka, Fenwick Kerry, Assiotis Ioannis, Rodrigues Daniel Nava, Reis Filho Jorge S, Moreno Victor, Mateo Joaquin, Molife L Rhoda, De Bono Johann, Kaye Stan, Lord Christopher J, Ashworth Alan
Abstract excerpt
PARP inhibitors (PARPi) for the treatment of BRCA1 or BRCA2 deficient tumours are currently the focus of seminal clinical trials exploiting the concept of synthetic lethality. Although clinical resistance to PARPi has been described, the mechanism underlying this has not been elucidated. Here, we investigate tumour material from patients who had developed resistance to the PARPi olaparib, subsequent to showing an...
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