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Crosstalk of DNA double‐strand break repair pathways in poly(ADP‐ribose) polymerase inhibitor treatment of breast cancer susceptibility gene 1/2‐mutated cancer
10 Feb 2018
Abstract excerpt
Germline mutations in breast cancer susceptibility gene 1 or 2 (BRCA1 or BRCA2) significantly increase cancer risk in hereditary breast and ovarian cancer syndrome (HBOC). Both genes function in the homologous recombination (HR) pathway of the DNA double-strand break (DSB) repair process. Therefore, the DNA-repair defect characteristic of cancer cells brings about a therapeutic advantage for poly(ADP-ribose)...
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