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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Blackpool Victoria Hospital, Blackpool, United Kingdom
Queen's Hospital, Burton Upon Trent, United Kingdom
Derby Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust, Derby, United Kingdom
University of Colorado Denver, Denver, Colorado, United States
University College Hospital London, London, United Kingdom
Royal Marsden NHS Foundation Trust, Sutton, Surrey, United Kingdom
Dana-Farber Cancer Institute, Boston, Massachusetts, United States
Pacific Gynecology Specialists, Seattle, Washington, United States
Swedish Cancer Institute Ballard Campus, Seattle, Washington, United States
Swedish Cancer Institute Edmonds Campus, Edmonds, Washington, United States
Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, Massachusetts, United States
Brigham and Women's Hospital, Boston, Massachusetts, United States
Dana-Farber Cancer Institute, Boston, Massachusetts, United States
Netherlands Cancer Institute - Antoni van Leeuwenhoek Ziekenhuis (NKI-AVL), Amsterdam, Noord-Holland, Netherlands
ICO Hospitalet, Hospitalet de Llobregat, Barcelona, Spain
H. Teresa Herrera, La Coruña, Spain
H. Germans Trias i Pujol, Badalona, Barcelona, Spain
The Christie NHS Foundation Trust, Manchester, United Kingdom
Southampton General Hospital, Southampton, United Kingdom
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