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BRCA2 Mutation as a Possible Cause of Poor Response to 177Lu-PSMA Therapy.
Clinical nuclear medicine - 1 Aug 2018
Ahmadzadehfar Hojjat, Gaertner Florian, Lossin Philipp S, Schwarz Bettina, Essler Markus
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We present the case of a 66-year-old man with castration-resistant prostate cancer, with an increasing prostate-specific antigen level, and a progressive disease during Lu-PSMA radionuclide therapy. Because the patient had a BRCA2 mutation, poly-ADP ribose polymerase inhibitor therapy was started. The patient showed a dramatic subjective and biological response to this therapy with a progression-free survival of...
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