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ReviewBreast cancer research : BCR2011

Poly(ADP-ribose) polymerase inhibition: a new direction for BRCA and triple-negative breast cancer?

Ruth Plummer

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Review in Breast cancer research : BCR, 2011. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 32 papers.

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What it found

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

32 citing papers in PubMed.

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  3. Integrative Multiomic Profiling of Triple-Negative Breast Cancer for Identifying Suitable Therapies.Clinical cancer research : an official journal of the American Association for Cancer Research · 2024
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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

1 author.

Ruth PlummerNorthern Institute for Cancer Research, Newcastle University, Paul O'Gorman Building, Framlington Place, Newcastle upon Tyne, NE2 4HH, UK. ruth.plummer@ncl.ac.uk

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Inhibitors of poly(ADP-ribose) polymerase (PARP)-mediated DNA repair have shown promise in early clinical studies in the treatment of specific subgroups of breast cancer. Notably, phase II trials indicate that olaparib, an oral PARP inhibitor, has activity as a single agent in BRCA-related tumours, and that a combination of iniparib, an intravenous PARP inhibitor, and chemotherapy offers a survival advantage, compared with chemotherapy alone, in triple-negative breast cancer. Phase III data on the latter indication are expected in 2011. Intriguingly, iniparib does not increase toxicity when used as a chemo-potentiating agent, suggesting that it differs in its mechanism of action from other agents in this class. Overall, PARP inhibitors represent a potentially important new class of anti-cancer agents with two potential modes of action, as single agents causing synthetic lethality and as chemo-potentiating agents.

Indexed as

Poly(ADP-ribose) Polymerase InhibitorsAntineoplastic AgentsBenzamidesBreast NeoplasmsEnzyme InhibitorsFemaleGenes, BRCA1Genes, BRCA2HumansPhthalazinesPiperazinesPoly(ADP-ribose) PolymerasesAntineoplastic AgentsBenzamidesEnzyme InhibitorsiniparibolaparibPhthalazinesPiperazinesPoly(ADP-ribose) Polymerase InhibitorsPoly(ADP-ribose) Polymerases

Identifiers

PMID21884642
PMCPMC3236327

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