Erschienen in:
01.05.2011 | Invited Commentary
Biomarkers of PARP inhibitor sensitivity
verfasst von:
Nicholas C. Turner, Alan Ashworth
Erschienen in:
Breast Cancer Research and Treatment
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Ausgabe 1/2011
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Excerpt
The PARP inhibitors represent one of the most exciting recent developments in cancer therapy. Substantial efficacy has been shown with PARP inhibitors in the treatment of hereditary
BRCA1/
2 related Breast and Ovarian cancer as single agents [
1‐
3] and in combination with temozolomide [
4]. Similarly, encouraging activity has been shown in sporadic ovarian cancer with a PARP inhibitor as a single agent [
5], and in sporadic triple negative breast cancer in combination with gemcitabine/carboplatin chemotherapy [
6]. Yet the picture is not universally positive. Negative studies have been reported in heavily pre-treated sporadic triple negative cancer, with PARP inhibitor as a single agent [
5] and no evidence of activity in combination with temozolomide [
4]. To understand the reasons some studies have succeeded, and others failed, the development of biomarkers that will predict the sensitivity, or resistance, to PARP inhibitors is required. …