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Addition of the PARP inhibitor veliparib plus carboplatin or carboplatin alone to standard neoadjuvant chemotherapy in triple-negative breast cancer (BrighTNess): a randomised, phase 3 trial.
The Lancet. Oncology - 1 Apr 2018
Loibl Sibylle, O'Shaughnessy Joyce, Untch Michael, Sikov William M, Rugo Hope S, McKee Mark D, Huober Jens, Golshan Mehra, von Minckwitz Gunter, Maag David, Sullivan Danielle, Wolmark Norman, McIntyre Kristi, Ponce Lorenzo Jose J, Metzger Filho Otto, Rastogi Priya, Symmans W Fraser, Liu Xuan, Geyer Charles E
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BACKGROUND: Although several randomised trials in patients with triple-negative breast cancer have shown that the addition of carboplatin, with or without poly(ADP-ribose) polymerase (PARP) inhibitors, to neoadjuvant chemotherapy increases the likelihood of achieving a pathological complete response, the use of these therapies in this setting has remained controversial. The BrighTNess trial was designed to assess...
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