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    •• Identifier: NCT02855697: Multi-maintenance Olaparib After Disease Recurrence in Participants With Platinum Sensitive BRCAm High Grade Serous Ovarian Cancer (MOLTO). (ClinicalTrials.gov . Accessed 2023 Feb 18.)

    • Mutations of TP53 and genes related to homologous recombination repair in breast cancer with germline BRCA1/2 mutations.
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    • Letter

    •• Original research:

    Emergence of BRCA Reversion Mutations in Patients with Metastatic Castration-resistant Prostate Cancer After Treatment with Rucaparib.

    •• Reply:

    Reply to Feng Qi, Zicheng Xu, and Qing Zou's Letter to the Editor re: Andrea Loehr, Arif Hussain, Akash Patnaik, et al. Emergence of BRCA Reversion Mutations in Patients with Metastatic Castration-resistant Prostate Cancer After Treatment with Rucaparib. Eur Urol. In press. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.eururo.2022.09.010.

    • Circulating T-cell receptor diversity as predictive biomarker for PARP inhibitors maintenance therapy in high grade serous ovarian cancer.
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    • Determination of BRCAness Phenotype in Breast Tumors for the Appointment of Neoadjuvant Chemotherapy Based on Platinum and Taxanes.
    • Mihajlovich Tsyganov MM, Ibragimova MK, Garbukov EY, Bragina OD, Karchevskaya AA, Usynin EA, Litvyakov NV.
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    • Deep learning identifies morphological patterns of homologous recombination deficiency in luminal breast cancers from whole slide images.
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    • Cell Rep Med. 2022 Dec 20;3(12):100872. doi: 10.1016/j.xcrm.2022.100872. Epub 2022 Dec 13.

    •• Commentary:

    HRD-related morphology discovery in breast cancer by controlling for confounding factors.

    • Concordance between single-nucleotide polymorphism-based genomic instability assays and a next-generation sequencing-based homologous recombination deficiency test.
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    • BRCA1/2 Reversion Mutations in Patients Treated with Poly ADP-Ribose Polymerase (PARP) Inhibitors or Platinum Agents.
    • Darabi S, Braxton DR, Xiu J, Carneiro BA, Swensen J, Antonarakis ES, Liu SV, McKay RR, Spetzler D, El-Deiry WS, Demeure MJ.
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    • Details Emerge About Why Cancers Caused by BRCA Mutations Recur.
    • [No author given]
    • Inside Precision Medicine. Topics. Oncology. 2022 Nov 16.

    •• Original research:

    Analysis of matched primary and recurrent BRCA1/2 mutation-associated tumors identifies recurrence-specific drivers.

    • Study Suggests a PARP Inhibitors Has Wider Cancer Applications.
    • [No author given]
    • Inside Precision Medicine. Topics. Oncology. 2022 Nov 9.

    •• Original research:

    A phase II study of talazoparib monotherapy in patients with wild-type BRCA1 and BRCA2 with a mutation in other homologous recombination genes.

    • Analysis of matched primary and recurrent BRCA1/2 mutation-associated tumors identifies recurrence-specific drivers.
    • Shah JB, Pueschl D, Wubbenhorst B, Fan M, Pluta J, D'Andrea K, Hubert AP, Shilan JS, Zhou W, Kraya AA, Llop Guevara A, Ruan C, Serra V, Balmaña J, Feldman M, Morin PJ, Nayak A, Maxwell KN, Domchek SM, Nathanson KL.
    • Nat Commun. 2022 Nov 7;13(1):6728. doi: 10.1038/s41467-022-34523-y.

    •• Research news: Details Emerge About Why Cancers Caused by BRCA Mutations Recur. (Inside Precision Medicine)

    • Laboratory Cross-Comparison and Ring Test Trial for Tumor BRCA Testing in a Multicenter Epithelial Ovarian Cancer Series: The BORNEO GEICO 60-0 Study.
    • Garcia-Casado Z, Oaknin A, Mendiola M, Alkorta-Aranburu G, Antunez-Lopez JR, Moreno-Bueno G, Palacios J, Yubero A, Marquez R, Gallego A, Sanchez-Heras AB, Lopez-Guerrero JA, Perez-Segura C, Barretina-Ginesta P, Alarcon J, Gaba L, Marquez A, Matito J, Cueva J, Palacio I, Iglesias M, Arcusa A, Sanchez-Lorenzo L, Guerra-Alia E, Romero I, Vivancos A.
    • J Pers Med. 2022 Nov 4;12(11):1842. doi: 10.3390/jpm12111842.
    • Clinical characteristics and molecular aspects of low-grade serous ovarian and peritoneal cancer: a multicenter, observational, retrospective analysis of MITO Group (MITO 22).
    • Musacchio L, Califano D, Bartoletti M, Arenare L, Lorusso D, Losito NS, Cormio G, Greggi S, Raspagliesi F, Valabrega G, Salutari V, Pisano C, Spina A, Russo D, Del Sesto M, Canzonieri V, Ferraù F, Zannoni GF, Loizzi V, Ghizzoni V, Casanova C, Tuninetti V, Ducceschi M, Del Vecchio V, Scalone S, Priolo D, Perrone F, Scambia G, Pignata S.
    • Br J Cancer. 2022 Nov;127(8):1479-1486. doi: 10.1038/s41416-022-01897-1. Epub 2022 Jul 22.

    Identifier: NCT02408536: Observational Retrospective Study on Treatment and Outcomes in Patients With Low-grade Serous Ovarian Cancer (MITO 22). (ClinicalTrials.gov)

    • Biomarkers beyond BRCA: promising combinatorial treatment strategies in overcoming resistance to PARP inhibitors.
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    • Randomized Trial of Olaparib With or Without Cediranib for Metastatic Castration-Resistant Prostate Cancer: The Results From National Cancer Institute 9984.
    • Kim JW, McKay RR, Radke MR, Zhao S, Taplin ME, Davis NB, Monk P, Appleman LJ, Lara PN Jr, Vaishampayan UN, Zhang J, Paul AK, Bubley G, Van Allen EM, Unlu S, Huang Y, Loda M, Shapiro GI, Glazer PM, LoRusso PM, Ivy SP, Shyr Y, Swisher EM, Petrylak DP.
    • J Clin Oncol. 2022 Oct 18:JCO2102947. doi: 10.1200/JCO.21.02947. Epub ahead of print.

    •• Identifier: NCT02893917: Testing Two Oral Drugs Combination (Cediranib and Olaparib) Compared to a Single Drug (Olaparib) for Men With Advanced Prostate Cancer. (ClinicalTrials.gov . Accessed 2022 Oct 19.)

    •• Research news: Cediranib Plus Olaparib Elicits rPFS Benefit in Metastatic Castration-Resistant Prostate Cancer. (OncLive)

    • Clinical decisions by the molecular tumor board on comprehensive genomic profiling tests in Japan: A retrospective observational study.
    • Shirota H, Komine K, Takahashi M, Takahashi S, Miyauchi E, Niizuma H, Tada H, Shimada M, Niihori T, Aoki Y, Sugiyama I, Kawamura M, Yasuda J, Suzuki S, Iwaya T, Saito M, Saito T, Shibata H, Furukawa T, Ishioka C.
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    • Emergence of BRCA Reversion Mutations in Patients with Metastatic Castration-resistant Prostate Cancer After Treatment with Rucaparib.
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    • Eur Urol. 2022 Oct 12:S0302-2838(22)02639-2. doi: 10.1016/j.eururo.2022.09.010. Epub ahead of print.

    •• Commentary:

    BRCA Reversion Mutations in Metastatic Castration-Resistant Prostate Cancer.

    •• Letter:

    Re: Andrea Loehr, Arif Hussain, Akash Patnaik, et al. Emergence of BRCA Reversion Mutations in Patients with Metastatic Castration-resistant Prostate Cancer After Treatment with Rucaparib. Eur Urol. In press. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.eururo.2022.09.010.

    •• Reply:

    Reply to Feng Qi, Zicheng Xu, and Qing Zou's Letter to the Editor re: Andrea Loehr, Arif Hussain, Akash Patnaik, et al. Emergence of BRCA Reversion Mutations in Patients with Metastatic Castration-resistant Prostate Cancer After Treatment with Rucaparib. Eur Urol. In press. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.eururo.2022.09.010.

    • Somatic genomic landscape of East Asian epithelial ovarian carcinoma and its clinical implications from prospective clinical sequencing; A Korean Gynecologic Oncology Group study (KGOG 3047).
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    • Int J Cancer. 2022 Oct 1;151(7):1086-1097. doi: 10.1002/ijc.34150. Epub 2022 Jun 27.
    • A phase II study of talazoparib monotherapy in patients with wild-type BRCA1 and BRCA2 with a mutation in other homologous recombination genes.
    • Gruber JJ, Afghahi A, Timms K, DeWees A, Gross W, Aushev VN, Wu HT, Balcioglu M, Sethi H, Scott D, Foran J, McMillan A, Ford JM, Telli ML.
    • Nat Cancer. 2022 Oct;3(10):1181-1191. doi: 10.1038/s43018-022-00439-1. Epub 2022 Oct 17.

    •• Identifier: NCT02401347: Phase II Trial of Talazoparib in BRCA1/2 Wild-type HER2-negative Breast Cancer and Other Solid Tumors. (ClinicalTrials.gov . Accessed 2022 Oct 18.)

    •• Identifier: NCT04756765: Talazoparib Monotherapy in PALB2 Mutation Associated Advanced Breast Cancer. (ClinicalTrials.gov . Accessed 2022 Oct 18.)

    •• Research news: Study Suggests a PARP Inhibitors Has Wider Cancer Applications. (Inside Precision Medicine)

    • Methylation Analyses Reveal Promoter Hypermethylation as a Rare Cause of "Second Hit" in Germline BRCA1-Associated Pancreatic Ductal Adenocarcinoma.
    • Zheng-Lin B, Rainone M, Varghese AM, Yu KH, Park W, Berger M, Mehine M, Chou J, Capanu M, Mandelker D, Stadler ZK, Birsoy O, Jairam S, Yang C, Li Y, Wong D, Benhamida JK, Ladanyi M, Zhang L, O'Reilly EM.
    • Mol Diagn Ther. 2022 Sep 30. doi: 10.1007/s40291-022-00614-1. Epub ahead of print.
    • What’s beyond BRCA Mutational Status in High Grade Serous Ovarian Cancer? The Impact of Hormone Receptor Expression in a Large BRCA-Profiled Ovarian Cancer Patient Series: A Retrospective Cohort Study.
    • Perrone E, Tudisco R, Pafundi PC, Guido D, Ciucci A, Martinelli E, Zannoni GF, Piermattei A, Spadola S, Ferrante G, Marchetti C, Scambia G, Fagotti A, Gallo D.
    • Cancers (Basel). 2022 Sep 22;14(19):4588. doi: 10.3390/cancers14194588.
    • Corrected Allele Frequency of BRCA1/2 Mutations Is an Independent Prognostic Factor for Treatment Response to PARP-Inhibitors in Ovarian Cancer Patients.
    • Grech CT, Pils D, Aust S, Grimm C, Polterauer S, Reinthaller A, Müllauer L, Reischer T, Bekos C.
    • J Pers Med. 2022 Sep 7;12(9):1467. doi: 10.3390/jpm12091467.
    • Olaparib treatment for platinum-sensitive relapsed ovarian cancer by BRCA mutation and homologous recombination deficiency status: Phase II LIGHT study primary analysis.
    • Cadoo K, Simpkins F, Mathews C, Liu YL, Provencher D, McCormick C, ElNaggar AC, Altman AD, Gilbert L, Black D, Kabil N, Bennett J, Munley J, Aghajanian C.
    • Gynecol Oncol. 2022 Sep;166(3):425-431. doi: 10.1016/j.ygyno.2022.06.017. Epub 2022 Jul 5.

    Identifier: NCT02983799: Olaparib Tablets as a Treatment for Ovarian Cancer Subjects With Different HRD Tumor Status. (ClinicalTrials.gov)

    • Homologous Recombination Deficiency Scar: Mutations and Beyond—Implications for Precision Oncology.
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    • Active Surveillance in Intermediate-Risk Prostate Cancer: A Review of the Current Data.
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    • Review
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    • Multiomic Characterization of High-Grade Serous Ovarian Carcinoma Enables High-Resolution Patient Stratification.
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    • What Plasma Can Tell Us When Tissue Cannot: A Case Report of Genomic Testing in mCRPC and Clinical Response to Treatment With the PARP Inhibitor Rucaparib.
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    • A commentary on the discrepancy between blood and tumour BRCA testing: An open question.
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    • BJOG. 2022 Aug;129(9):1422-1426. doi: 10.1111/1471-0528.17158. Epub 2022 Apr 5.

    Commentary:

    Gene sequencing in ovarian cancer: continually moving targets.

    • Fibroblast testing can inform medical management in individuals with mosaic variants detected on hereditary cancer panels.
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    • Mutation profiles in circulating cell-free DNA predict acquired resistance to Olaparib in high-grade serous ovarian carcinoma.
    • Hu D, Guo E, Yang B, Qin X, Fu Y, Fan J, Zhuang X, Yao Q, Lu F, Li W, Xiao R, Wu X, Yang X, Wang Z, Liu C, You L, Zang R, Zhou Q, Zhao W, Chen G, Sun C.
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    • J Clin Oncol. 2022 Jul 22:JCO2200430. doi: 10.1200/JCO.22.00430. Epub ahead of print.
    • Comprehensive Genomic Profiling in the Management of Ovarian Cancer-National Results from Croatia.
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    • Oncologists Seeing Lack of PARP Inhibitor Response in MSI-High, BRCA-Mutant Prostate Cancer Patients.
    • Kanski A.
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    • Research news

    Original research:

    PARP Inhibitor Insensitivity to BRCA1/2 Monoallelic Mutations in Microsatellite Instability-High Cancers.

    • Templated Insertions Are Associated Specifically with BRCA2 Deficiency and Overall Survival in Advanced Ovarian Cancer.
    • Moore G, Majumdar R, Powell SN, Khan AJ, Weinhold N, Yin S, Higginson DS.
    • Mol Cancer Res. 2022 Jul 6;20(7):1061-1070. doi: 10.1158/1541-7786.MCR-21-1012.
    • Biomarker-guided targeted therapy in platinum-resistant ovarian cancer (AMBITION; KGOG 3045): a multicentre, open-label, five-arm, uncontrolled, umbrella trial.
    • Lee JY, Kim BG, Kim JW, Lee JB, Park E, Joung JG, Kim S, Choi CH, Kim HS; Korean Gynecologic Oncology Group (KGOG) investigators.
    • J Gynecol Oncol. 2022 Jul;33(4):e45. doi: 10.3802/jgo.2022.33.e45. Epub 2022 Mar 4.

    Identifier: NCT03699449: An uMbrella Study of BIomarker-driven Targeted Therapy In Patients With Platinum-resistant Recurrent OvariaN Cancer(AMBITION). (ClinicalTrials.gov)

    Commentary:

    A step towards the ambition of precision oncology in recurrent ovarian cancer.

    • Breast Cancer with Low Recurrence Score on Oncotype DX©: Interplay Between Early Recurrence, Lobular Histology and BRCA Mutation.
    • Zarbiv Y, Wygoda YB, Grinshpun A, Hamburger T, Sella T, Breuer S, Maimon O, Rottenberg Y, Peretz T, Kadouri L.
    • Oncol Ther. 2022 Jun 25. doi: 10.1007/s40487-022-00202-7. Epub ahead of print.
    • Investigation of BRCAness associated miRNA-gene axes in breast cancer: cell-free miR-182-5p as a potential expression signature of BRCAness.
    • Darbeheshti F, Kadkhoda S, Keshavarz-Fathi M, Razi S, Bahramy A, Mansoori Y, Rezaei N.
    • BMC Cancer. 2022 Jun 17;22(1):668. doi: 10.1186/s12885-022-09761-4.
    • A Pan-Canadian Consensus Statement on First-Line PARP Inhibitor Maintenance for Advanced, High-Grade Serous and Endometrioid Tubal, Ovarian, and Primary Peritoneal Cancers.
    • Tinker AV, Altman AD, Bernardini MQ, Ghatage P, Gien LT, Provencher D, Salvador S, Doucette S, Oza AM.
    • Curr Oncol. 2022 Jun 17;29(6):4354-4369. doi: 10.3390/curroncol29060348.
    • Pilot Study: PARP1 Imaging in Advanced Prostate Cancer.
    • Dehdashti F, Reimers MA, Shoghi KI, Chen DL, Luo J, Rogers B, Pachynski RK, Sreekumar S, Weimholt C, Zhou D.
    • Mol Imaging Biol. 2022 Jun 14. doi: 10.1007/s11307-022-01746-w. Epub ahead of print.
    • Pan-cancer analysis of genomic scar patterns caused by homologous repair deficiency (HRD).
    • Rempel E, Kluck K, Beck S, Ourailidis I, Kazdal D, Neumann O, Volckmar AL, Kirchner M, Goldschmid H, Pfarr N, Weichert W, Hübschmann D, Fröhling S, Sutter C, Schaaf CP, Schirmacher P, Endris V, Stenzinger A, Budczies J.
    • NPJ Precis Oncol. 2022 Jun 9;6(1):36. doi: 10.1038/s41698-022-00276-6.
    • Yondelis Fails to Improve Survival in BRCA1/2-Mutant Ovarian Cancer in Phase III ASCO Study.
    • Kanski A.
    • Precision Oncology News. Biomarkers. BRCA. 2022 Jun 9.

    Identifier: NCT02903004: Trial on Trabectedin (ET-743) vs Clinician's Choice Chemotherapy in Recurrent Ovarian, Primary Peritoneal or Fallopian Tube Cancers of BRCA Mutated or BRCAness Phenotype Patients (MITO23). (ClinicalTrials.gov)

    • Leptomeningeal disease in BRIP1-mutated pancreatic adenocarcinoma.
    • Yim E, Leung D.
    • BMJ Case Rep. 2022 Jun 8;15(6):e249837. doi: 10.1136/bcr-2022-249837.
    • Case report
    • Case report: Response to platinum agents and poly (adenosine diphosphate-ribose) polymerase inhibitor in a patient with BRCA1 c.5096G>A (R1699Q) intermediate-risk variant.
    • Saito A, Tanioka M, Hirata M, Watanabe T, Odaka Y, Shimoi T, Sudo K, Noguchi E, Ishikawa M, Yonemori K.
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    • Identification and Management of Pathogenic Variants in BRCA1, BRCA2, and PALB2 in a Tumor-Only Genomic Testing Program.
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    • Homologous recombination repair deficiency (HRD) testing in newly diagnosed advanced-stage epithelial ovarian cancer: A Belgian expert opinion.
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    • PARP Inhibitor Insensitivity to BRCA1/2 Monoallelic Mutations in Microsatellite Instability-High Cancers.
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    Research news: Oncologists Seeing Lack of PARP Inhibitor Response in MSI-High, BRCA-Mutant Prostate Cancer Patients. (Precision Oncology News)

    • Concurrent Germline BRCA1/2 and Mismatch Repair Mutations in Young-Onset Pancreatic and Colorectal Cancer: The Importance of Comprehensive Germline and Somatic Characterization to Inform Therapeutic Options.
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    Editorial:

    Precision Medicine in Oncology-Toward the Integrated Targeting of Somatic and Germline Genomic Aberrations.

    Letter, Comment:

    Is Universal Next-Generation Sequencing Testing of Patients With Advanced Cancer Ready for Prime Time?

    Letter, Reply:

    Is Universal Next-Generation Sequencing Testing of Patients With Advanced Cancer Ready for Prime Time?-Reply.

    Press: Germline Testing: Variant in 1 in 6 Cases of Advanced Cancer. (Medscape Oncology)

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    • Shaping the BRCAness mutational landscape by alternative double-strand break repair, replication stress and mitotic aberrancies.
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    • The Clinical and Pathological Profile of BRCA1 Gene Methylated Breast Cancer Women: A Meta-Analysis.
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    • The Role of Exosomes in Breast Cancer Diagnosis.
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    • Candidate Markers of Olaparib Response from Genomic Data Analyses of Human Cancer Cell Lines.
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    • Development of a Genomic Signatures-Based Predictor of Initial Platinum-Resistance in Advanced High-Grade Serous Ovarian Cancer Patients.
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    • Myriad Genetics, Intermountain Healthcare Collaborate for Cancer Testing Service.
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    • Personalizing Medicine With Germline and Somatic Sequencing in Advanced Pancreatic Cancer: Current Treatments and Novel Opportunities.
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    • Characterizing TP53 mutations in ovarian carcinomas with and without concurrent BRCA1 or BRCA2 mutations.
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    • Genomic mutation profiling using liquid biopsy in Korean patients with prostate cancer: Circulating tumor DNA mutation predicts the development of castration resistance.
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    • Ovarian cancer risk score predicts chemo-response and outcome in epithelial ovarian carcinoma patients.
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    • The BRCA1 c.788G > T (NM_007294.4) variant in a high grade serous ovarian cancer (HGSOC) patient: foods for thought.
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    • Treatment-emergent neuroendocrine prostate cancer with a germline BRCA2 mutation: identification of a candidate reversion mutation associated with platinum/PARP-inhibitor resistance.
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    • BECN1 and BRCA1 Deficiency Sensitizes Ovarian Cancer to Platinum Therapy and Confers Better Prognosis.
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    • Molecular analyses of triple-negative breast cancer in the young and elderly.
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    • Genomic Analysis of Circulating Tumor DNA in 3,334 Patients with Advanced Prostate Cancer Identifies Targetable BRCA Alterations and AR Resistance Mechanisms.
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    Commentary, Review:

    Liquid Biopsy: It's the Bloody Truth!

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    ATR Inhibition as an Attractive Therapeutic Resource against Cancer.

    Press: Bayer's ATR Inhibitor May Benefit Cancers With ATM Aberrations, Early Data Suggest (Precision Oncology News)

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    Original research:

    Final Overall Survival of a Randomized Trial of Bevacizumab for Primary Treatment of Ovarian Cancer.

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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).

    • Clinical utility of FoundationOne tissue molecular profiling in men with metastatic prostate cancer.
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    Letter, Commentary:

    Bevacizumab As Maintenance Treatment in Patients With Ovarian Cancer: Wait for BRCA Testing.

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    Editorial:

    Journey's End: the quest for BRCA-like hereditary breast cancer genes is nearly over.

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    Letter, Comment:

    RE: Universal tumor DNA BRCA1/2 testing of ovarian cancer: prescreening PARPi treatment and genetic predisposition.

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    Research news: Can BRCA Expression Predict Response to Chemotherapy? (Medscape)

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