Maintenance Olaparib for Germline BRCA-Mutated Metastatic Pancreatic Cancer
Author(s) -
Talia Golan,
Pascal Hammel,
Michele Reni,
Eric Van Cutsem,
Teresa Macarulla,
Michael J. Hall,
Joon-Oh Park,
Daniel Hochhauser,
Dirk Arnold,
DoYoun Oh,
Anke ReinacherSchick,
Giampaolo Tortora,
Hana Algül,
Eileen M. O’Reilly,
David McGuinness,
Karen Cui,
Katia Schlienger,
Gershon Y. Locker,
Hedy L. Kindler
Publication year - 2019
Publication title -
new england journal of medicine
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 19.889
H-Index - 1030
eISSN - 1533-4406
pISSN - 0028-4793
DOI - 10.1056/nejmoa1903387
Subject(s) - olaparib , germline , parp inhibitor , polymerase , poly adp ribose polymerase , cancer research , pancreatic cancer , germline mutation , medicine , mutation , oncology , cancer , biology , genetics , dna , gene
Patients with a germline BRCA1 or BRCA2 mutation make up a small subgroup of those with metastatic pancreatic cancer. The poly(adenosine diphosphate-ribose) polymerase (PARP) inhibitor olaparib has had antitumor activity in this population.
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