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ReviewNPJ breast cancer2026

Sequencing PARP inhibitors in breast cancer: lessons learned and emerging insights.

Kenan Aloss, Mallory I Frederick, Saima Hassan

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Review in NPJ breast cancer, 2026. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Not yet cited in PubMed.

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3 · Its place in the literature

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

3 authors.

Kenan AlossFaculty of Medicine, Université de Montréal, Montréal, QC, Canada.
Mallory I FrederickFaculty of Medicine, Université de Montréal, Montréal, QC, Canada.
Saima HassanFaculty of Medicine, Université de Montréal, Montréal, QC, Canada. saima.hassan@umontreal.ca.

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Poly (ADP-ribose) polymerase inhibitors (PARPi) have emerged as an important single-agent targeted therapeutic option for a subpopulation of breast cancer patients. While PARPi combinations have shown synergy in the pre-clinical setting, concomitant regimens have shown limited clinical benefit. Optimizing treatment schedules is therefore needed to improve outcomes. Sequential dosing of PARPi with cytotoxic, targeted, or immune therapies can enhance efficacy by sustaining DNA damage, suppressing DNA repair, and modulating the immune response. This approach also decreases toxicity by exploiting differences in replication stress between normal and cancer cells. Here, we discuss the rationale for improved efficacy and enhanced tolerability with sequential PARPi approaches, supported by pre-clinical and clinical evidence.

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PMID42140928
PMCPMC13473525

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