Olaparib is a selective and potent inhibitor of poly (ADP-ribose) polymerase (PARP) enzymes, PARP1 and PARP2. PARP inhibitors represent a novel class of anti-cancer therapy and they work by taking advantage of a defect in DNA repair in cancer cells with BRCA mutations and inducing cell death.
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Ovarian cancer
Olaparib is indicated for the maintenance treatment of adults with deleterious or suspected deleterious germline or somatic BRCA-mutated advanced epithelial ovarian, fallopian tube or primary peritoneal cancer who are in complete or partial response to first-line platinum-based chemotherapy.
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Centre Hospitalier Lyon Sud, Pierre Benite, France
Comité Gynécologique, Institut Gustave Roussy, Villejuif, France
Département d'Oncologie Médicale, Centre Antoine Lacassagne, Nice, France
Research Site, Sutton, United Kingdom
University of Alabama at Birmingham Comprehensive Cancer Center, Birmingham, Alabama, United States
Cancer Treatment Centers of America-Phoenix, Phoenix, Arizona, United States
Sutter Auburn, Auburn, California, United States
Princess Margaret Cancer Centre, Toronto, Ontario, Canada
Gustave Roussy Cancer Campus, Villejuif, Val de Marne, France
M D Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, Texas, United States
Research Site, Manchester, United Kingdom
University of Virginia Cancer Center, Charlottesville, Virginia, United States
Southwest Gynecologic Oncology Associates, Albuquerque, New Mexico, United States
University of New Mexico Comprehensive Cancer Center, Albuquerque, New Mexico, United States
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