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BRCA2 secondary mutation-mediated resistance to platinum and PARP inhibitor-based therapy in pancreatic cancer.
British journal of cancer - 11 Apr 2017
Pishvaian Michael J, Biankin Andrew V, Bailey Peter, Chang David K, Laheru Daniel, Wolfgang Christopher L, Brody Jonathan R
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BACKGROUND: Pancreatic cancer has become the third leading cause of cancer death with minimal improvements in outcome for over 40 years. Recent trials of therapies that target-defective DNA maintenance using poly (ADP-ribose) polymerase (PARP) inhibitors are showing promising results, yet invariably patients recur and succumb to disease. Mechanisms of resistance to platinum-based and PARP inhibitor therapy in...
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