Loeser, H., Heydt, C., Buettner, R. and Markiefka, B. (2017). BRCA diagnostics of ovarian cancer. Molecular tumor testing since the introduction of PARP inhibitor therapy. Pathologe, 38 (2). S. 117 - 126. HEIDELBERG: SPRINGER HEIDELBERG. ISSN 1432-1963
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Approximately 9000 women are diagnosed with ovarian cancer in Germany each year. The most common subtype is high-grade serous ovarian cancer. A relevant proportion of these tumors are associated with mutations in the breast and ovarian cancer susceptibility genes (BRCA1 and BRCA2) representing highly penetrant tumor suppressor genes with autosomal inheritance and play a crucial role in DNA repair mechanisms. These patients have predominantly germline mutations and less frequently have somatic BRCA mutations. Tumors harboring BRCA mutations show a significant improvement in progression-free survival under therapy with poly(adenosine diphosphate ribose) polymerase (PARP) inhibitors. In 2015 the first PARP inhibitor was approved for the therapy of high-grade serous ovarian cancer with BRCA mutations. Mutation analysis can be performed on formalin-fixed paraffin-embedded (FFPE) tumor tissue within a few days.
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| URN: | urn:nbn:de:hbz:38-238172 | ||||||||||||||||||||
| DOI: | 10.1007/s00292-017-0274-0 | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Journal or Publication Title: | Pathologe | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Volume: | 38 | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Number: | 2 | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Page Range: | S. 117 - 126 | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Date: | 2017 | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Publisher: | SPRINGER HEIDELBERG | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Place of Publication: | HEIDELBERG | ||||||||||||||||||||
| ISSN: | 1432-1963 | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Language: | German | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Faculty: | Unspecified | ||||||||||||||||||||
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| Refereed: | Yes | ||||||||||||||||||||
| URI: | http://kups.ub.uni-koeln.de/id/eprint/23817 |
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