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ArticleCancer treatment and research2023

Combining PARP Inhibition and Immunotherapy in BRCA-Associated Cancers.

Geoffrey I Shapiro, Suzanne M Barry

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Article in Cancer treatment and research, 2023. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 3 papers.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

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2 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

Geoffrey I ShapiroDepartment of Medical Oncology and Center for DNA Damage and Repair, Dana-Farber Cancer Institute and Harvard Medical School, Boston, USA. geoffrey_shapiro@dfci.harvard.edu.
Suzanne M BarryDepartment of Medical Oncology and Center for DNA Damage and Repair, Dana-Farber Cancer Institute and Harvard Medical School, Boston, USA.
Boston University · US

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Poly (ADP-ribose) polymerase (PARP) inhibitors have significantly improved treatment outcomes of homologous recombination (HR) repair-deficient cancers. While the activity of these agents is largely linked to multiple mechanisms underlying the synthetic lethality of PARP inhibition and HR deficiency, emerging data suggest that their efficacy is also tied to their effects on the immune microenvironment and dependent upon cytotoxic T-cell activation. Effects observed in preclinical models are currently being validated in on-treatment biopsy samples procured from patients enrolled in clinical trials. Although this work has stimulated the development of combinations of PARP inhibitors with immunomodulatory agents, results to date have not demonstrated the superiority of combined PARP inhibition and immune checkpoint blockade compared with PARP inhibition alone. These results have stimulated a more comprehensive assessment of the immunosuppressive components of the tumor microenvironment that must be addressed so that the efficacy of PARP inhibitor agents can be maximized.

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Antineoplastic AgentsNeoplasmsHumansImmunotherapyPoly(ADP-ribose) Polymerase InhibitorsPoly(ADP-ribose) PolymerasesTumor MicroenvironmentAntineoplastic AgentsPoly(ADP-ribose) Polymerase InhibitorsPoly(ADP-ribose) PolymerasescGAS-STING pathwayCSF-1R blockadeCytotoxic T-cellImmune checkpoint blockadePARP inhibitorTumor-associated macrophage

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