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ReviewNature reviews. Clinical oncology2015

An update on PARP inhibitors--moving to the adjuvant setting.

Amir Sonnenblick, Evandro de Azambuja, Hatem A Azim, Martine Piccart

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Review in Nature reviews. Clinical oncology, 2015. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 204 papers, 7 of them syntheses that pooled it.

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1 · What the graph read from it

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The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

204 citing papers in PubMed, 7 syntheses or guidelines pooled it.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

4 authors.

Amir SonnenblickBrEAST Data Centre, Department of Medicine, Institut Jules Bordet, Université Libre de Bruxelles, Boulevard de Waterloo 125, B-1000 Brussels, Belgium.
Evandro de AzambujaBrEAST Data Centre, Department of Medicine, Institut Jules Bordet, Université Libre de Bruxelles, Boulevard de Waterloo 125, B-1000 Brussels, Belgium.
Hatem A AzimBrEAST Data Centre, Department of Medicine, Institut Jules Bordet, Université Libre de Bruxelles, Boulevard de Waterloo 125, B-1000 Brussels, Belgium.
Martine PiccartBrEAST Data Centre, Department of Medicine, Institut Jules Bordet, Université Libre de Bruxelles, Boulevard de Waterloo 125, B-1000 Brussels, Belgium.

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Inhibition of poly(ADP-ribose) polymerase (PARP) enzymes is a potential synthetic lethal therapeutic strategy in cancers harbouring specific DNA-repair defects, including those arising in carriers of BRCA1 or BRCA2 mutations. Since the development of first-generation PARP inhibitors more than a decade ago, numerous clinical trials have been performed to validate their safety and efficacy, bringing us to the stage at which adjuvant therapy with PARP inhibitors is now being considered as a viable treatment option for patients with breast cancer. Nevertheless, the available data do not provide clear proof that these drugs are efficacious in the setting of metastatic disease. Advancement of a therapy to the neoadjuvant and adjuvant settings without such evidence is exceptional, but seems reasonable in the case of PARP inhibitors because the target population that might benefit from this class of drugs is small and well defined. This Review describes the evolution of PARP inhibitors from bench to bedside, and provides an up-to-date description of the key published or otherwise reported clinical trials of these agents. The specific considerations and challenges that might be encountered when implementing these compounds in the adjuvant treatment of breast cancer in the clinic are also highlighted.

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Poly(ADP-ribose) Polymerase InhibitorsAdjuvants, PharmaceuticAntineoplastic AgentsBenzamidesBRCA1 ProteinBRCA2 ProteinBreast NeoplasmsCarboplatinDeoxycytidineDNA Breaks, Double-StrandedDNA Breaks, Single-StrandedDNA RepairFemaleGemcitabineHumansPhthalazinesAdjuvants, PharmaceuticAntineoplastic AgentsBenzamidesBRCA1 ProteinBRCA1 protein, humanBRCA2 ProteinBRCA2 protein, humanCarboplatinDeoxycytidineGemcitabineiniparibolaparibPhthalazinesPiperazinesPoly(ADP-ribose) Polymerase Inhibitors

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