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SUBMITTER: Exman P
PROVIDER: S-EPMC6612288 | biostudies-literature | 2019
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Exman Pedro P Barroso-Sousa Romualdo R Tolaney Sara M SM
OncoTargets and therapy 20190702
Approximately 5-10% of all patients diagnosed with breast cancer have germline <i>BRCA1/2</i> mutations, which make their disease more susceptible to DNA-damaging agents and a new class of drugs known as poly(ADP-ribose) polymerase (PARP) inhibitors. Talazoparib is a new PARP inhibitor that has been recently approved for use in patients with metastatic breast cancer with germline <i>BRCA</i> mutations after a phase III trial showed superior progression-free survival when compared to standard che ...[more]