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Olaparib Monotherapy for Previously Treated Pancreatic Cancer With DNA Damage Repair Genetic Alterations Other Than Germline BRCA Variants
4 Mar 2021
Abstract excerpt
IMPORTANCE: The subtype of pancreatic ductal adenocarcinoma cancer (PDAC) with DNA damage repair (DDR) deficiency from BRCA1/2 variants has a favorable prognosis and is sensitive to platinum analogues and poly-(adenosine diphosphate-ripose) polymerase (PARP) inhibition with olaparib. Approximately 10% to 20% of patients with PDAC have DDR genetic alterations other than germline BRCA variants. This population has...
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