State-of-the-art strategies for targeting the DNA damage response in cancer

PG Pilié, C Tang, GB Mills, TA Yap - Nature reviews Clinical oncology, 2019 - nature.com
Genomic instability is a key hallmark of cancer that arises owing to defects in the DNA
damage response (DDR) and/or increased replication stress. These alterations promote the …

Pancreatic ductal adenocarcinoma: biological hallmarks, current status, and future perspectives of combined modality treatment approaches

M Orth, P Metzger, S Gerum, J Mayerle, G Schneider… - Radiation …, 2019 - Springer
Pancreatic ductal adenocarcinoma (PDAC) is a highly devastating disease with poor
prognosis and rising incidence. Late detection and a particularly aggressive biology are the …

Exploring and comparing adverse events between PARP inhibitors

CJ LaFargue, GZ Dal Molin, AK Sood… - The lancet …, 2019 - thelancet.com
Ovarian cancer remains one of the most challenging malignancies to treat. Targeted
therapies such as poly (ADP-ribose) polymerase (PARP) inhibitors have emerged as one of …

Homologous recombination deficiency: exploiting the fundamental vulnerability of ovarian cancer

PA Konstantinopoulos, R Ceccaldi, GI Shapiro… - Cancer discovery, 2015 - AACR
Approximately 50% of epithelial ovarian cancers (EOC) exhibit defective DNA repair via
homologous recombination (HR) due to genetic and epigenetic alterations of HR pathway …

Biomarker-guided development of DNA repair inhibitors

JM Cleary, AJ Aguirre, GI Shapiro, AD D'Andrea - Molecular cell, 2020 - cell.com
Anti-cancer drugs targeting the DNA damage response (DDR) exploit genetic or functional
defects in this pathway through synthetic lethal mechanisms. For example, defects in …

Targeting topoisomerase I in the era of precision medicine

A Thomas, Y Pommier - Clinical Cancer Research, 2019 - AACR
Irinotecan and topotecan have been widely used as anticancer drugs for the past 20 years.
Because of their selectivity as topoisomerase I (TOP1) inhibitors that trap TOP1 cleavage …

Visualizing engrafted human cancer and therapy responses in immunodeficient zebrafish

C Yan, DC Brunson, Q Tang, D Do, NA Iftimia… - Cell, 2019 - cell.com
Xenograft cell transplantation into immunodeficient mice has become the gold standard for
assessing pre-clinical efficacy of cancer drugs, yet direct visualization of single-cell …

An update on PARP inhibitors—moving to the adjuvant setting

A Sonnenblick, E De Azambuja, HA Azim Jr… - Nature reviews Clinical …, 2015 - nature.com
Inhibition of poly (ADP-ribose) polymerase (PARP) enzymes is a potential synthetic lethal
therapeutic strategy in cancers harbouring specific DNA-repair defects, including those …

PARP inhibitors in the management of breast cancer: current data and future prospects

L Livraghi, JE Garber - BMC medicine, 2015 - Springer
Abstract Poly (ADP-ribose) polymerases (PARP) are enzymes involved in DNA-damage
repair. Inhibition of PARPs is a promising strategy for targeting cancers with defective DNA …

BRCA1/2 testing: therapeutic implications for breast cancer management

NM Tung, JE Garber - British journal of cancer, 2018 - nature.com
Testing for germline BRCA 1/2 mutations has an established predictive role in breast cancer
risk assessment. More recently, studies have also identified BRCA 1/2 status as clinically …