Medical Treatment ~ Breast Cancer
~ Genetics of Breast & Ovarian Cancer

Primarily chemotherapy, but includes all treatment modalities except surgery and radiation.

List was last updated on Dec 9, 2019 @ 12:56 pm.


    • BRCA1/BRCA2 Pathogenic Variant Breast Cancer: Treatment and Prevention Strategies.
    • Lee A, Moon BI, Kim TH.
    • Ann Lab Med. 2020 Mar;40(2):114-121. doi: 10.3343/alm.2020.40.2.114.
    • Review

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    Introductory article:

    From Genetic Testing to Treatment and Prevention of BRCA-Related Breast Cancer.

    • Results of a phase II clinical trial of 6-mercaptopurine (6MP) and methotrexate in patients with BRCA-defective tumours.
    • Roberts C, Strauss VY, Kopijasz S, Gourley C, Hall M, Montes A, Abraham J, Clamp A, Kennedy R, Banerjee S, Folkes LK, Stratford M, Nicum S.
    • Br J Cancer. 2019 Dec 9. doi: 10.1038/s41416-019-0674-4. [Epub ahead of print]
    • Association of Tumor Infiltrating Lymphocytes with Homologous Recombination Deficiency and BRCA1/2 Status in Patients with Early Triple-Negative Breast Cancer: A Pooled Analysis.
    • Telli ML, Chu C, Badve SS, Vinayak S, Silver DP, Isakoff SJ, Kaklamani V, Gradishar W, Stearns V, Connolly RM, Ford JM, Gruber JJ, Adams S, Garber J, Tung N, Neff C, Bernhisel R, Timms KM, Richardson AL.
    • Clin Cancer Res. 2019 Dec 3. pii: clincanres.0664.2019. doi: 10.1158/1078-0432.CCR-19-0664. [Epub ahead of print]
    • Response to Olaparib in a Patient with Germline BRCA2 Mutation and Breast Cancer Leptomeningeal Carcinomatosis.
    • Exman P, Mallery RM, Lin NU, Parsons HA.
    • NPJ Breast Cancer. 2019 Nov 29;5:46. doi: 10.1038/s41523-019-0139-1. eCollection 2019.
    • Hype or hope? The strange case of platinum salts' renaissance in breast cancer.
    • Corvaja C, Garutti M, Gerratana L, Pelizzari G, Puglisi F.
    • Expert Rev Anticancer Ther. 2019 Nov 27. doi: 10.1080/14737140.2019.1699066. [Epub ahead of print]
    • Editorial
    • Talazoparib in Patients with a Germline BRCA-Mutated Advanced Breast Cancer: Detailed Safety Analyses from the Phase III EMBRACA Trial.
    • Hurvitz SA, Gonçalves A, Rugo HS, Lee KH, Fehrenbacher L, Mina LA, Diab S, Blum JL, Chakrabarti J, Elmeliegy M, DeAnnuntis L, Gauthier E, Czibere A, Tudor IC, Quek RGW, Litton JK, Ettl J.
    • Oncologist. 2019 Nov 25. pii: theoncologist.2019-0493. doi: 10.1634/theoncologist.2019-0493. [Epub ahead of print]
    • Targeted Therapies for Triple-Negative Breast Cancer.
    • Lyons TG.
    • Curr Treat Options Oncol. 2019 Nov 21;20(11):82. doi: 10.1007/s11864-019-0682-x.
    • Review
    • Contralateral Prophylactic Mastectomy Use After Neoadjuvant Chemotherapy.
    • Christian N, Zabor EC, Cassidy M, Flynn J, Morrow M, Gemignani ML.
    • Ann Surg Oncol. 2019 Nov 15. doi: 10.1245/s10434-019-08038-8. [Epub ahead of print]
    • Outcomes in Clinically Relevant Patient Subgroups From the EMBRACA Study: Talazoparib vs Physician’s Choice Standard-of-Care Chemotherapy.
    • Rugo HS, Ettl J, Hurvitz SA, Gonçalves A, Lee KH, Fehrenbacher L, Mina LA, Diab S, Woodward NE, Yerushalmi R, Goodwin A, Blum JL, Martin M, Quek RGW, Tudor JC, Bhattacharyya H, Gauthier E, Litton JK, Eiermann W.
    • JNCI Cancer Spectr. 2019 Nov 9; pkz085. doi: 10.1093/jncics/pkz085. eCollection 2019 Nov.
    • Breast cancer surveillance for BRCA1/2 mutation carriers - is "early detection" early enough?
    • Bernstein-Molho R, Kaufman B, Ben David MA, Sklair-Levy M, Feldman DM, Zippel D, Laitman Y, Friedman E.
    • Breast. 2019 Nov 6;49:81-86. doi: 10.1016/j.breast.2019.10.012. [Epub ahead of print]
    • Cost-effectiveness of BRCA1/2 mutation profiling to target olaparib use in patients with metastatic breast cancer.
    • Saito S, Nakazawa K, Nagahashi M, Ishikawa T, Akazawa K.
    • Per Med. 2019 Nov 6. doi: 10.2217/pme-2018-0141. [Epub ahead of print]
    • The FANCM:p.Arg658* truncating variant is associated with risk of triple-negative breast cancer.
    • Figlioli G, Bogliolo M, Catucci I, Caleca L, Lasheras SV, Pujol R, Kiiski JI, Muranen TA, Barnes DR, Dennis J, Michailidou K, Bolla MK, Leslie G, Aalfs CM; ABCTB Investigators, Adank MA, Adlard J, Agata S, Cadoo K, Agnarsson BA, Ahearn T, Aittomäki K, Ambrosone CB, Andrews L, Anton-Culver H, Antonenkova NN, Arndt V, Arnold N, Aronson KJ, Arun BK, Asseryanis E, Auber B, Auvinen P, Azzollini J, Balmaña J, Barkardottir RB, Barrowdale D, Barwell J, Beane Freeman LE, Beauparlant CJ, Beckmann MW, Behrens S, Benitez J, Berger R, Bermisheva M, Blanco AM, Blomqvist C, Bogdanova NV, Bojesen A, Bojesen SE, Bonanni B, Borg A, Brady AF, Brauch H, Brenner H, Brüning T, Burwinkel B, Buys SS, Caldés T, Caliebe A, Caligo MA, Campa D, Campbell IG, Canzian F, Castelao JE, Chang-Claude J, Chanock SJ, Claes KBM, Clarke CL, Collavoli A, Conner TA, Cox DG, Cybulski C, Czene K, Daly MB, de la Hoya M, Devilee P, Diez O, Ding YC, Dite GS, Ditsch N, Domchek SM, Dorfling CM, Dos-Santos-Silva I, Durda K, Dwek M, Eccles DM, Ekici AB, Eliassen AH, Ellberg C, Eriksson M, Evans DG, Fasching PA, Figueroa J, Flyger H, Foulkes WD, Friebel TM, Friedman E, Gabrielson M, Gaddam P, Gago-Dominguez M, Gao C, Gapstur SM, Garber J, García-Closas M, García-Sáenz JA, Gaudet MM, Gayther SA; GEMO Study Collaborators, Giles GG, Glendon G, Godwin AK, Goldberg MS, Goldgar DE, Guénel P, Gutierrez-Barrera AM, Haeberle L, Haiman CA, Håkansson N, Hall P, Hamann U, Harrington PA, Hein A, Heyworth J, Hillemanns P, Hollestelle A, Hopper JL, Hosgood HD 3rd, Howell A, Hu C, Hulick PJ, Hunter DJ, Imyanitov EN; KConFab, Isaacs C, Jakimovska M, Jakubowska A, James P, Janavicius R, Janni W, John EM, Jones ME, Jung A, Kaaks R, Karlan BY, Khusnutdinova E, Kitahara CM, Konstantopoulou I, Koutros S, Kraft P, Lambrechts D, Lazaro C, Le Marchand L, Lester J, Lesueur F, Lilyquist J, Loud JT, Lu KH, Luben RN, Lubinski J, Mannermaa A, Manoochehri M, Manoukian S, Margolin S, Martens JWM, Maurer T, Mavroudis D, Mebirouk N, Meindl A, Menon U, Miller A, Montagna M, Nathanson KL, Neuhausen SL, Newman WG, Nguyen-Dumont T, Nielsen FC, Nielsen S, Nikitina-Zake L, Offit K, Olah E, Olopade OI, Olshan AF, Olson JE, Olsson H, Osorio A, Ottini L, Peissel B, Peixoto A, Peto J, Plaseska-Karanfilska D, Pocza T, Presneau N, Pujana MA, Punie K, Rack B, Rantala J, Rashid MU, Rau-Murthy R, Rennert G, Lejbkowicz F, Rhenius V, Romero A, Rookus MA, Ross EA, Rossing M, Rudaitis V, Ruebner M, Saloustros E, Sanden K, Santamariña M, Scheuner MT, Schmutzler RK, Schneider M, Scott C, Senter L, Shah M, Sharma P, Shu XO, Simard J, Singer CF, Sohn C, Soucy P, Southey MC, Spinelli JJ, Steele L, Stoppa-Lyonnet D, Tapper WJ, Teixeira MR, Terry MB, Thomassen M, Thompson J, Thull DL, Tischkowitz M, Tollenaar RAEM, Torres D, Troester MA, Truong T, Tung N, Untch M, Vachon CM, van Rensburg EJ, van Veen EM, Vega A, Viel A, Wappenschmidt B, Weitzel JN, Wendt C, Wieme G, Wolk A, Yang XR, Zheng W, Ziogas A, Zorn KK, Dunning AM, Lush M, Wang Q, McGuffog L, Parsons MT, Pharoah PDP, Fostira F, Toland AE, Andrulis IL, Ramus SJ, Swerdlow AJ, Greene MH, Chung WK, Milne RL, Chenevix-Trench G, Dörk T, Schmidt MK, Easton DF, Radice P, Hahnen E, Antoniou AC, Couch FJ, Nevanlinna H, Surrallés J, Peterlongo P.
    • NPJ Breast Cancer. 2019 Nov 1;5:38. doi: 10.1038/s41523-019-0127-5. eCollection 2019.
    • Controversial issues in the neoadjuvant treatment of triple-negative breast cancer.
    • Fitzpatrick A, Tutt A.
    • Ther Adv Med Oncol. 2019 Nov 1;11:1758835919882581. doi: 10.1177/1758835919882581. eCollection 2019.
    • Response of Estrogen-Receptor-Positive Metastatic Breast Cancer to Olaparib in Late-Line Therapy.
    • Kumeta T, Matsunuma R, Yamaguchi K, Hayami R, Tsuneizumi M.
    • Case Rep Oncol. 2019 Oct 29;12(3):814-819. doi: 10.1159/000503858. eCollection 2019 Sep-Dec.
    • Genetic and Genomic Advances in Breast Cancer Diagnosis and Treatment.
    • Walker-Smith TL, Peck J.
    • Nurs Womens Health. 2019 Oct 25. pii: S1751-4851(19)30188-6. doi: 10.1016/j.nwh.2019.09.003. [Epub ahead of print]
    • Review
    • Phase I study of intermittent olaparib capsule or tablet dosing in combination with carboplatin and paclitaxel (part 2).
    • Biessen DA, Brunetto AT, Arkenau HT, Tchakov I, Beijnen JH, De Grève J, Schellens JHM.
    • Invest New Drugs. 2019 Oct 21. doi: 10.1007/s10637-019-00857-6. [Epub ahead of print]
    • RAD6B is a major mediator of triple negative breast cancer cisplatin resistance: Regulation of translesion synthesis/Fanconi anemia crosstalk and BRCA1 independence.
    • Haynes B, Gajan A, Nangia-Makker P, Shekhar MP.
    • Biochim Biophys Acta Mol Basis Dis. 2019 Oct 19:165561. doi: 10.1016/j.bbadis.2019.165561. [Epub ahead of print]
    • PARP Inhibition in Cancer: An Update on Clinical Development.
    • Sachdev E, Tabatabai R, Roy V, Rimel BJ, Mita MM.
    • Target Oncol. 2019 Oct 17. doi: 10.1007/s11523-019-00680-2. [Epub ahead of print]
    • Review
    • Dramatic response of FOLFIRINOX regimen in a collision pancreatic adenocarcinoma patient with a germline BRCA2 mutation: a case report.
    • Shimmura H, Kuramochi H, Jibiki N, Katagiri S, Nishino T, Araida T.
    • Jpn J Clin Oncol. 2019 Oct 15. pii: hyz141. doi: 10.1093/jjco/hyz141. [Epub ahead of print]
    • Case report
    • Synergistic Effect of a HER2 Targeted Thorium-227 Conjugate in Combination with Olaparib in a BRCA2 Deficient Xenograft Model.
    • Wickstroem K, Karlsson J, Ellingsen C, Cruciani V, Kristian A, Hagemann UB, Bjerke RM, Ryan OB, Linden L, Mumberg D, Brands M, Cuthbertson A.
    • Pharmaceuticals (Basel). 2019 Oct 15;12(4). pii: E155. doi: 10.3390/ph12040155.
    • Study of the PARP inhibitor talazoparib (Talzenna) for early-stage breast cancer is promising.
    • [No author given]
    • FORCE. XRAYS. 2019 Oct 4.

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    Original research:

    Neoadjuvant Talazoparib for Patients With Operable Breast Cancer With a Germline BRCA Pathogenic Variant.

    • Who Should Consider Genetic Counseling and Testing for Breast and Ovarian Cancer? Guidelines Have Expanded.
    • [No author given]
    • My Gene Counsel. 2019 Oct 3.
    • Why BRCA mutations are not tumour-agnostic biomarkers for PARP inhibitor therapy.
    • Curtin NJ, Drew Y, Sharma-Saha S.
    • Nat Rev Clin Oncol. 2019 Oct 3. doi: 10.1038/s41571-019-0285-2. [Epub ahead of print]
    • Commentary
    • Curcumin induces DNA damage by mediating homologous recombination mechanism in triple negative breast cancer.
    • Guney Eskiler G, Sahin E, Deveci Ozkan A, Cilingir Kaya OT, Kaleli S.
    • Nutr Cancer. 2019 Oct 1:1-10. doi: 10.1080/01635581.2019.1670216. [Epub ahead of print]
    • Update Breast Cancer 2019 Part 4 - Diagnostic and Therapeutic Challenges of New, Personalised Therapies for Patients with Early Breast Cancer.
    • Schütz F, Fasching PA, Welslau M, Hartkopf AD, Wöckel A, Lux MP, Janni W, Ettl J, Lüftner D, Belleville E, Kolberg HC, Overkamp F, Taran FA, Brucker SY, Wallwiener M, Tesch H, Fehm TN, Schneeweiss A, Müller V.
    • Geburtshilfe Frauenheilkd. 2019 Oct;79(10):1079-1089. doi: 10.1055/a-1001-9925. Epub 2019 Oct 22.
    • Update Breast Cancer 2019 Part 5 - Diagnostic and Therapeutic Challenges of New, Personalised Therapies in Patients with Advanced Breast Cancer.
    • Welslau M, Hartkopf AD, Müller V, Wöckel A, Lux MP, Janni W, Ettl J, Lüftner D, Belleville E, Schütz F, Fasching PA, Kolberg HC, Nabieva N, Overkamp F, Taran FA, Brucker SY, Wallwiener M, Tesch H, Schneeweiss A, Fehm TN.
    • Geburtshilfe Frauenheilkd. 2019 Oct;79(10):1090-1099. doi: 10.1055/a-1001-9952. Epub 2019 Oct 22.
    • Whole-genome sequencing of triple-negative breast cancers in a population-based clinical study.
    • Staaf J, Glodzik D, Bosch A, Vallon-Christersson J, Reuterswärd C, Häkkinen J, Degasperi A, Amarante TD, Saal LH, Hegardt C, Stobart H, Ehinger A, Larsson C, Rydén L, Loman N, Malmberg M, Kvist A, Ehrencrona H, Davies HR, Borg Å, Nik-Zainal S.
    • Nat Med. 2019 Sep 30. doi: 10.1038/s41591-019-0582-4. [Epub ahead of print]
    • Population Pharmacokinetics of Talazoparib in Patients With Advanced Cancer.
    • Yu Y, Durairaj C, Shi H, Wang DD.
    • J Clin Pharmacol. 2019 Sep 6. doi: 10.1002/jcph.1520. [Epub ahead of print]
    • [Synthetic Lethality - Its Current Application and Potential in Oncological Treatment.]
    • Bortlíková L, Müller P, Vojtěšek B, Rak V, Svoboda M.
    • Klin Onkol. 2019 Fall;32(Supplementum 3):19-24. doi: 10.14735/amko20193S.
    • Exposure-response analysis to inform the optimal dose of veliparib in combination with carboplatin and paclitaxel in BRCA-mutated advanced breast cancer patients.
    • Nuthalapati S, Stodtmann S, Shepherd SP, Ratajczak CK, Mensing S, Menon R, Xiong H.
    • Cancer Chemother Pharmacol. 2019 Aug 29. doi: 10.1007/s00280-019-03930-2. [Epub ahead of print]
    • A high-throughput screen to identify novel synthetic lethal compounds for the treatment of E-cadherin-deficient cells.
    • Beetham H, Chen A, Telford BJ, Single A, Jarman KE, Lackovic K, Luxenburger A, Guilford P.
    • Sci Rep. 2019 Aug 29;9(1):12511. doi: 10.1038/s41598-019-48929-0.
    • Neoadjuvant Talazoparib for Patients With Operable Breast Cancer With a Germline BRCA Pathogenic Variant.
    • Litton JK, Scoggins ME, Hess KR, Adrada BE, Murthy RK, Damodaran S, DeSnyder SM, Brewster AM, Barcenas CH, Valero V, Whitman GJ, Schwartz-Gomez J, Mittendorf EA, Thompson AM, Helgason T, Ibrahim N, Piwnica-Worm H1, Moulder SL, Arun BK.
    • J Clin Oncol. 2019 Aug 28:JCO1901304. doi: 10.1200/JCO.19.01304. [Epub ahead of print]

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    Research news: Study of the PARP inhibitor talazoparib (Talzenna) for early-stage breast cancer is promising. (FORCE. XRAYS.)

    • A novel BRCA1 germline mutation promotes triple-negative breast cancer cells progression and enhances sensitivity to DNA damage agents.
    • Xu K, Shi Y, Wang X, Chen Y, Tang L, Guan X.
    • Cancer Genet. 2019 Aug 23;239:26-32. doi: 10.1016/j.cancergen.2019.08.004. [Epub ahead of print]
    • Patient-reported outcomes in patients with a germline BRCA mutation and HER2-negative metastatic breast cancer receiving olaparib versus chemotherapy in the OlympiAD trial.
    • Robson M, Ruddy KJ, Im SA, Senkus E, Xu B, Domchek SM, Masuda N, Li W, Tung N, Armstrong A, Delaloge S, Bannister W, Goessl C, Degboe A, Hettle R, Conte P.
    • Eur J Cancer. 2019 Aug 22;120:20-30. doi: 10.1016/j.ejca.2019.06.023. [Epub ahead of print]
    • EF2-kinase targeted cobalt-ferrite siRNA-nanotherapy suppresses BRCA1-mutated breast cancer.
    • Asik E, Akpinar Y, Caner A, Kahraman N, Guray T, Volkan M, Albarracin C, Pataer A, Arun B, Ozpolat B.
    • Nanomedicine (Lond). 2019 Aug 21. doi: 10.2217/nnm-2019-0132. [Epub ahead of print]
    • Discovery of novel functionalized 1,2,4-triazoles as PARP-1 inhibitors in breast cancer: Design, synthesis and antitumor activity evaluation.
    • Boraei ATA, Singh PK, Sechi M, Satta S.
    • Eur J Med Chem. 2019 Aug 14;182:111621. doi: 10.1016/j.ejmech.2019.111621. [Epub ahead of print]
    • A nano-liposome formulation of the PARP inhibitor Talazoparib enhances treatment efficacy and modulates immune cell populations in mammary tumors of BRCA-deficient mice.
    • Zhang D, Baldwin P, Leal AS, Carapellucci S, Sridhar S, Liby KT.
    • Theranostics. 2019 Aug 14;9(21):6224-6238. doi: 10.7150/thno.36281. eCollection 2019.
    • Mechanism of Action and Clinical Efficacy of CDK4/6 Inhibitors in BRCA-Mutated, Estrogen Receptor-Positive Breast Cancers: Case Report and Literature Review.
    • Militello AM, Zielli T, Boggiani D, Michiara M, Naldi N, Bortesi B, Zanelli P, Uliana V, Giuliotti S, Musolino A.
    • Front Oncol. 2019 Aug 13;9:759. doi: 10.3389/fonc.2019.00759. eCollection 2019.
    • Hematologic toxicity in BRCA1 and BRCA2 mutation carriers during chemotherapy: A retrospective matched cohort study.
    • West AH, Knollman H, Dugan J, Hedeker D, Handorf EA, Nielsen SM, Bealin LC, Goldblatt LG, Willems H, Daly MB, Afghahi A, Olopade OI, Hulick PJ, Shagisultanova E, Huo D, Obeid E, Churpek JE.
    • Cancer Med. 2019 Aug 12. doi: 10.1002/cam4.2471. [Epub ahead of print]
    • Poly-ADP-ribose polymerases (PARPs) as a therapeutic target in the treatment of selected cancers.
    • Przybycinski J, Nalewajska M, Marchelek-Mysliwiec M, Dziedziejko V, Pawlik A.
    • Expert Opin Ther Targets. 2019 Aug 8. doi: 10.1080/14728222.2019.1654458. [Epub ahead of print]
    • Review
    • Homologous recombination DNA repair defects in PALB2-associated breast cancers.
    • Li A, Geyer FC, Blecua P, Lee JY, Selenica P, Brown DN, Pareja F, Lee SSK, Kumar R, Rivera B, Bi R, Piscuoglio S, Wen HY, Lozada JR, Gularte-Mérida R, Cavallone L; kConFab Investigators, Rezoug Z, Nguyen-Dumont T, Peterlongo P, Tondini C, Terkelsen T, Rønlund K, Boonen SE, Mannerma A, Winqvist R, Janatova M, Rajadurai P, Xia B, Norton L, Robson ME, Ng PS, Looi LM, Southey MC, Weigelt B, Soo-Hwang T, Tischkowitz M, Foulkes WD, Reis-Filho JS.
    • NPJ Breast Cancer. 2019 Aug 8;5:23. doi: 10.1038/s41523-019-0115-9. eCollection 2019.
    • Gene Alterations in Triple-Negative Breast Cancer Patients in a Phase I/II Study of Eribulin and Olaparib Combination Therapy.
    • Shimomura A, Yonemori K, Yoshida M, Yoshida T, Yasojima H, Masuda N, Aogi K, Takahashi M, Naito Y, Shimizu S, Nakamura R, Hamada A, Michimae H, Hashimoto J, Yamamoto H, Kawachi A, Shimizu C, Fujiwara Y, Tamura K.
    • Transl Oncol. 2019 Aug 2;12(10):1386-1394. doi: 10.1016/j.tranon.2019.07.013. [Epub ahead of print]
    • Framework Ranks 'Actionability' of Genetic Mutations for Precision Medicine.
    • Kerr DJ.
    • Medscape Oncology. 2019 Jul 18.

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    Original research:

    Genomic alterations in breast cancer: level of evidence for actionability according to ESMO Scale for Clinical Actionability of molecular Targets (ESCAT).

    • Olaparib in germline-mutated metastatic breast cancer: implications of the OlympiAD trial.
    • Armstrong AC, Clay V.
    • Future Oncol. 2019 Jul 15. doi: 10.2217/fon-2018-0067. [Epub ahead of print]
    • Review
    • Impact of Taxanes, Endocrine Therapy, and Deleterious Germline BRCA Mutations on Anti-müllerian Hormone Levels in Early Breast Cancer Patients Treated With Anthracycline- and Cyclophosphamide-Based Chemotherapy.
    • Lambertini M, Olympios N, Lequesne J, Calbrix C, Fontanilles M, Loeb A, Leheurteur M, Demeestere I, Di Fiore F, Perdrix A, Clatot F.
    • Front Oncol. 2019 Jul 12;9:575. doi: 10.3389/fonc.2019.00575. eCollection 2019.
    • Platinum Salts in Patients with Breast Cancer: A Focus on Predictive Factors.
    • Garutti M, Pelizzari G, Bartoletti M, Malfatti MC, Gerratana L, Tell G, Puglisi F.
    • Int J Mol Sci. 2019 Jul 10;20(14). pii: E3390. doi: 10.3390/ijms20143390.
    • Tumour lineage shapes BRCA-mediated phenotypes.
    • Jonsson P, Bandlamudi C, Cheng ML, Srinivasan P, Chavan SS, Friedman ND, Rosen EY, Richards AL, Bouvier N, Selcuklu SD, Bielski CM, Abida W, Mandelker D, Birsoy O, Zhang L, Zehir A, Donoghue MTA, Baselga J, Offit K, Scher HI, O'Reilly EM, Stadler ZK, Schultz N, Socci ND, Viale A, Ladanyi M, Robson ME, Hyman DM, Berger MF, Solit DB, Taylor BS.
    • Nature. 2019 Jul 10. doi: 10.1038/s41586-019-1382-1. [Epub ahead of print]
    • Ovarian remnant syndrome in an aromatase inhibitor-treated patient with BRCA2 mutation following bilateral oophorectomy.
    • Wei M, Maurer KA, Henry NL.
    • Breast J. 2019 Jul 4. doi: 10.1111/tbj.13454. [Epub ahead of print]
    • Case report
    • BRCA1 regulates the cancer stem cell fate of breast cancer cells in the context of hypoxia and histone deacetylase inhibitors.
    • Kim H, Lin Q, Yun Z.
    • Sci Rep. 2019 Jul 4;9(1):9702. doi: 10.1038/s41598-019-46210-y.
    • Evidence to date: talazoparib in the treatment of breast cancer.
    • Exman P, Barroso-Sousa R, Tolaney SM.
    • Onco Targets Ther. 2019 Jul 2;12:5177-5187. doi: 10.2147/OTT.S184971. eCollection 2019.
    • Can I Keep My Nipple? Factors Influencing the Surgical Decision between Skin-Sparing and Nipple-Sparing Mastectomy.
    • Wang M, Huang J, Chagpar AB.
    • Am Surg. 2019 Jul 1;85(7):768-771.
    • Targeting DNA repair in breast cancer.
    • Paluch-Shimon S, Evron E.
    • Breast. 2019 Jul 1;47:33-42. doi: 10.1016/j.breast.2019.06.007. [Epub ahead of print]
    • Review
    • Talazoparib to treat BRCA-positive breast cancer.
    • Guney Eskiler G.
    • Drugs Today (Barc). 2019 Jul;55(7):459-467. doi: 10.1358/dot.2019.55.7.3015642.
    • Review
    • Synergistic anticancer action of quercetin and curcumin against triple-negative breast cancer cell lines.
    • Kundur S, Prayag A, Selvakumar P, Nguyen H, McKee L, Cruz C, Srinivasan A, Shoyele S, Lakshmikuttyamma A.
    • J Cell Physiol. 2019 Jul;234(7):11103-11118. doi: 10.1002/jcp.27761. Epub 2018 Nov 27.
    • Local Interleukin-2 Immunotherapy of Breast Cancer: Benefit and Risk in a Spontaneous Mouse Model.
    • Semushina SG, Aronov DA, Moiseeva EV.
    • Pathol Oncol Res. 2019 Jul;25(3):945-951. doi: 10.1007/s12253-018-0396-6. Epub 2018 Mar 6.
    • Europe OKs PARP Inhibitor Talazoparib in BRCA+ Breast Cancer.
    • Mulcahy N.
    • Medscape. Medscape Oncology. 2019 Jun 21.
    • A decade of clinical development of PARP inhibitors in perspective.
    • Mateo J, Lord CJ, Serra V, Tutt A, Balmaña J, Castroviejo-Bermejo M, Cruz C, Oaknin A, Kaye SB, de Bono JS.
    • Ann Oncol. 2019 Jun 20. pii: mdz192. doi: 10.1093/annonc/mdz192. [Epub ahead of print]
    • Chromosome 12p amplification in triple-negative/BRCA1-mutated breast cancer associates with emergence of docetaxel resistance and carboplatin sensitivity.
    • Gómez-Miragaya J, Díaz-Navarro A, Tonda R, Beltran S, Palomero L, Palafox M, Dobrolecki LE, Huang C, Vasaikar S, Zhang B, Wulf GM, Collado-Solé A, Trinidad EM, Muñoz P, Paré L, Prat A, Bruna A, Caldas C, Arribas J, Soler-Monsó MT, Petit A, Balmaña J, Cruz C, Serra V, Pujana MA, Lewis MT, Puente XS, González-Suárez E.
    • Cancer Res. 2019 Jun 18. pii: canres.3835.2018. doi: 10.1158/0008-5472.CAN-18-3835. [Epub ahead of print]
    • Open-Label Clinical Trial of Niraparib Combined With Pembrolizumab for Treatment of Advanced or Metastatic Triple-Negative Breast Cancer.
    • Vinayak S, Tolaney SM, Schwartzberg L, Mita M, McCann G, Tan AR, Wahner-Hendrickson AE, Forero A, Anders C, Wulf GM, Dillon P, Lynce F, Zarwan C, Erban JK, Zhou Y, Buerstatte N, Graham JR, Arora S, Dezube BJ, Telli ML.
    • JAMA Oncol. 2019 Jun 13. doi: 10.1001/jamaoncol.2019.1029. [Epub ahead of print]

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    Review:

    Pancreatic ductal adenocarcinoma in BRCA2 mutation carriers.

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    BRCA1 loses the ring but lords over resistance.

    • RING domain-deficient BRCA1 promotes PARP inhibitor and platinum resistance.
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