PARP Inhibitors in Cancer Therapy: Promise, Progress, and Puzzles

A recent article in the New England Journal of Medicine by O'Shaughnessy et al. provides evidence that a treatment strategy aimed at inducing DNA damage with chemotherapy while simultaneously disabling repair using a PARP inhibitor might offer hope for patients with a treatment-refractory form...

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Veröffentlicht in:Cancer cell 2011-02, Vol.19 (2), p.165-167
1. Verfasser: Ellisen, Leif W.
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Sprache:eng
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Zusammenfassung:A recent article in the New England Journal of Medicine by O'Shaughnessy et al. provides evidence that a treatment strategy aimed at inducing DNA damage with chemotherapy while simultaneously disabling repair using a PARP inhibitor might offer hope for patients with a treatment-refractory form of breast cancer.
ISSN:1535-6108
1878-3686
DOI:10.1016/j.ccr.2011.01.047