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Chemotherapy for Patients with BRCA1 and BRCA2-Mutated Ovarian Cancer: Same or Different?
American Society of Clinical Oncology educational book. American Society of Clinical Oncology. Annual Meeting - 1 Jan 2015
Tan David S P, Kaye Stanley B
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Retrospective studies have shown an improved prognosis, higher response rates to platinum-containing regimens, and longer treatment-free intervals between relapses in patients with BRCA 1 and BRCA 2 (BRCA1/2)-mutated ovarian cancer (BMOC) compared with patients who are not carriers of this mutation. These features of BMOC are attributed to homologous-recombination repair (HR) deficiency in the absence of BRCA1/2...
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