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ArticleBreast cancer research : BCR2014

Tumor homologous recombination deficiency assays: another step closer to clinical application?

Shane R Stecklein, Priyanka Sharma

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Article in Breast cancer research : BCR, 2014. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 4 papers.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

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2 authors.

Shane R SteckleinDepartment of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine, University of Kansas Medical Center, 3901 Rainbow Boulevard, MS1016, Kansas City, KS, 66160, USA. sstecklein@kumc.edu.
Priyanka SharmaDivision of Hematology/Oncology, Department of Internal Medicine, University of Kansas Medical Center, 2330 Shawnee Mission Parkway, MS5003, Westwood, KS, 66205, USA. psharma2@kumc.edu.

Funding

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Inherited and acquired defects in homologous recombination, a phenotype termed 'BRCAness', may lend to therapeutic exploitation in breast cancer. To this end, development and clinical evaluation of platforms to identify signatures of BRCAness are of immense interest. In this issue of Breast Cancer Research, Vollebergh and colleagues report that a BRCA-like array comparative genomic hybridization (aCGH) genomic instability signature is associated with benefit from high-dose cyclophosphamide-thiotepa-carboplatin chemotherapy. We discuss the strengths and weaknesses of this study and consider the clinical significance and applicability of this aCGH BRCAness signature in the context of other existing homologous recombination deficiency detection platforms.

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BRCA1 ProteinBRCA2 ProteinCarboplatinErb-b2 Receptor Tyrosine KinasesFemaleHumansTriple Negative Breast NeoplasmsBRCA1 ProteinBRCA2 ProteinCarboplatinErb-b2 Receptor Tyrosine Kinases

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PMCPMC4448910

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