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Increased Rate of Complete Pathologic Response After Neoadjuvant FOLFIRINOX for BRCA Mutation Carriers with Borderline Resectable Pancreatic Cancer.
Annals of surgical oncology - 1 Oct 2020
Golan Talia, Barenboim Alex, Lahat Guy, Nachmany Ido, Goykhman Yacov, Shacham-Shmueli Einat, Halpern Naama, Brazowski Eli, Geva Ravit, Wolf Ido, Goldes Yuri, Ben-Haim Menahem, Klausner Joseph M, Lubezky Nir
Abstract excerpt
BACKGROUND: Neoadjuvant FOLFIRINOX is a standard-of-care treatment for BRPC patients. Patients with gBRCAm who have demonstrated improved response to platinum-based chemotherapy may have impaired homologous repair deficiency. This study aimed to describe the pathologic complete response rate and long-term survival for patients with germline BRCA1 or BRCA2 mutation (gBRCAm) and borderline resectable pancreatic...
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