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    • Implications of the evidence for breast conservation therapy in BRCA-gene mutation carriers.
    • Tan MP.
    • Br J Radiol. 2020 Feb 26:20200038. doi: 10.1259/bjr.20200038. [Epub ahead of print]
    • Letter

    • Efficacy and safety of PARP inhibitors as the maintenance therapy in ovarian cancer: a meta-analysis of 9 randomized controlled trials.
    • Shao F, Liu J, Duan Y, Li L, Liu L, Zhang C, He S.
    • Biosci Rep. 2020 Feb 25. pii: BSR20192226. doi: 10.1042/BSR20192226. [Epub ahead of print]

    • TBCRC 031: Randomized Phase II Study of Neoadjuvant Cisplatin Versus Doxorubicin-Cyclophosphamide in Germline BRCA Carriers With HER2-Negative Breast Cancer (the INFORM trial).
    • Tung N, Arun B, Hacker MR, Hofstatter E, Toppmeyer DL, Isakoff SJ, Borges V, Legare RD, Isaacs C, Wolff AC, Marcom PK, Mayer EL, Lange PB, Goss A, Jenkins C, Krop IE, Winer EP, Schnitt SJ, Garber JE.
    • J Clin Oncol. 2020 Feb 25:JCO1903292. doi: 10.1200/JCO.19.03292. [Epub ahead of print]

    • Both BRCA1-wild type and -mutant triple-negative breast cancers show sensitivity to the NAE inhibitor MLN4924 which is enhanced upon MLN4924 and cisplatin combination treatment.
    • Misra S, Zhang X, Wani NA, Sizemore S, Ray A.
    • Oncotarget. 2020 Feb 25;11(8):784-800. doi: 10.18632/oncotarget.27485. eCollection 2020 Feb 25.

    • Oncologist-led BRCA 'mainstreaming' in the ovarian cancer clinic: A study of 255 patients and its impact on their management.
    • Rumford M, Lythgoe M, McNeish I, Gabra H, Tookman L, Rahman N, George A, Krell J.
    • Sci Rep. 2020 Feb 25;10(1):3390. doi: 10.1038/s41598-020-60149-5.

    • Olaparib Combined with an ATR or Chk1 Inhibitor as a Treatment Strategy for Acquired Olaparib-Resistant BRCA1 Mutant Ovarian Cells.
    • Burgess BT, Anderson AM, McCorkle JR, Wu J, Ueland FR, Kolesar JM.
    • Diagnostics (Basel). 2020 Feb 22;10(2). pii: E121. doi: 10.3390/diagnostics10020121.

    • BRCAness as an Important Prognostic Marker in Patients with Triple-Negative Breast Cancer Treated with Neoadjuvant Chemotherapy: A Multicenter Retrospective Study.
    • Kosaka Y, Yamamoto Y, Tanino H, Nishimiya H, Yamamoto-Ibusuki M, Hirota Y, Iwase H, Nakamura S, Akashi-Tanaka S.
    • Diagnostics (Basel). 2020 Feb 21;10(2). pii: E119. doi: 10.3390/diagnostics10020119.

    • Personalized Treatment Approach to Metastatic Castration-Resistant Prostate Cancer with BRCA2 and PTEN Mutations: A Case Report.
    • Julka PK, Verma A, Gupta K.
    • Case Rep Oncol. 2020 Feb 4;13(1):55-61. doi: 10.1159/000505182. eCollection 2020 Jan-Apr.