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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Fred Hutch/University of Washington Cancer Consortium, Seattle, Washington, United States
CHU Besançon - Hôpital Jean Minjoz, Besançon Cedex, France
Institut Bergonie; Oncologie, Bordeaux, France
Centre Francois Baclesse; Oncologie, Caen, France
Research Site, Ho Chi Minh, Vietnam
Cancer Hematology Centers - Flint, Flint, Michigan, United States
Mercy Hospital, Coon Rapids, Minnesota, United States
Anchorage Associates in Radiation Medicine, Anchorage, Alaska, United States
CHU Jean Minjoz, Besançon, Besancon, France
Hospices civils de Lyon(CHU Lyon Sud), Pierre-Bénite, Lyon, France
Institut de Cancérologie de l'Ouest - St Herblain, Saint-Herblain, Nantes, France
Peter MacCallum Cancer Centre, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia
Sidney Kimmel Comprehensive Cancer Center, Baltimore, Maryland, United States
University of Michigan Rogel Cancer Center, Ann Arbor, Michigan, United States
USC / Norris Comprehensive Cancer Center, Los Angeles, California, United States
Memorial Medical Center, Modesto, California, United States
Palo Alto Medical Foundation-Camino Division, Mountain View, California, United States
M D Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, Texas, United States
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