What Is the Place of PARP Inhibitors in Ovarian Cancer Treatment?

Current Oncology Reports

Volumn 18, Issue 5, 2016, Pages

  Liu, Joyce F ^a   Matulonis, Ursula A ^a  

^a DANA FARBER CANCER INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

Niraparib; Olaparib; Ovarian cancer; PARP inhibitors; Rucaparib; Veliparib

Indexed keywords

CARBOPLATIN; CEDIRANIB; CYCLOPHOSPHAMIDE; DOXORUBICIN; NICOTINAMIDE ADENINE DINUCLEOTIDE ADENOSINE DIPHOSPHATE RIBOSYLTRANSFERASE INHIBITOR; NIRAPARIB; OLAPARIB; PACLITAXEL; PLACEBO; RUCAPARIB; TALAZOPARIB; TEMOZOLOMIDE; VELIPARIB; ANTINEOPLASTIC AGENT; BRCA1 PROTEIN; BRCA2 PROTEIN; PHTHALAZINE DERIVATIVE; PIPERAZINE DERIVATIVE;

BREAST CANCER; CANCER COMBINATION CHEMOTHERAPY; CANCER RECURRENCE; DRUG APPROVAL; DRUG DOSE COMPARISON; DRUG DOSE INCREASE; DRUG EFFICACY; GENE MUTATION; HUMAN; MAINTENANCE CHEMOTHERAPY; MONOTHERAPY; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; OVARY CANCER; PHASE 1 CLINICAL TRIAL (TOPIC); PHASE 2 CLINICAL TRIAL (TOPIC); PHASE 3 CLINICAL TRIAL (TOPIC); PROGRESSION FREE SURVIVAL; PROSTATE CANCER; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL (TOPIC); REVIEW; SOLID TUMOR; SOMNOLENCE; THROMBOCYTOPENIA; TREATMENT DURATION; TREATMENT RESPONSE; TUMOR SUPPRESSOR GENE; DISEASE FREE SURVIVAL; FEMALE; GENETICS; MUTATION; OVARIAN NEOPLASMS;

ANTINEOPLASTIC COMBINED CHEMOTHERAPY PROTOCOLS; BRCA1 PROTEIN; BRCA2 PROTEIN; DISEASE-FREE SURVIVAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; MUTATION; OVARIAN NEOPLASMS; PHTHALAZINES; PIPERAZINES; POLY(ADP-RIBOSE) POLYMERASE INHIBITORS;

EID: 84961201671     PISSN: 15233790     EISSN: 15346269     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11912-016-0515-z     Document Type: Review

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