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Using PARP Inhibitors in Advanced Ovarian Cancer.
Oncology (Williston Park, N.Y.) - 15 Jul 2018
O'Cearbhaill Roisin E
Abstract excerpt
Poly(ADP-ribose) polymerase (PARP) proteins are used by cells in several DNA repair processes. PARP inhibition can result in preferential death of cancer cells when another mechanism for repairing DNA is defective. Two PARP inhibitors, olaparib and rucaparib, have been approved by the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) for the treatment of recurrent, BRCA-associated ovarian cancer. More recently, these two and...
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