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PARP inhibitors in the management of breast cancer: current data and future prospects.
BMC medicine - 13 Aug 2015
Livraghi Luca, Garber Judy E
Abstract excerpt
Poly(ADP-ribose) polymerases (PARP) are enzymes involved in DNA-damage repair. Inhibition of PARPs is a promising strategy for targeting cancers with defective DNA-damage repair, including BRCA1 and BRCA2 mutation-associated breast and ovarian cancers. Several PARP inhibitors are currently in trials in the adjuvant, neoadjuvant, and metastatic settings for the treatment of ovarian, BRCA-mutated breast, and other...
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