BRCA mutations in ovarian and prostate cancer: bench to bedside

S Boussios, E Rassy, M Moschetta, A Ghose… - Cancers, 2022 - mdpi.com
Simple Summary DNA damage is one of the hallmarks of cancer. Epithelial ovarian cancer
(EOC)—especially the high-grade serous subtype—harbors a defect in at least one DNA …

Mitochondrial metabolism: a predictive biomarker of radiotherapy efficacy and toxicity

F Taghizadeh-Hesary, M Houshyari… - Journal of Cancer …, 2023 - Springer
Introduction Radiotherapy is a mainstay of cancer treatment. Clinical studies revealed a
heterogenous response to radiotherapy, from a complete response to even disease …

PARPi treatment enhances radiotherapy-induced ferroptosis and antitumor immune responses via the cGAS signaling pathway in colorectal cancer

D Shen, J Luo, L Chen, W Ma, X Mao, Y Zhang… - Cancer Letters, 2022 - Elsevier
In cancer cells, poly (ADP-ribose) polymerase (PARP)-1 and PARP2 initiate and regulate
DNA repair pathways to protect against DNA damage and cell death caused by radiotherapy …

PARP inhibitors resistance: mechanisms and perspectives

E Giudice, M Gentile, V Salutari, C Ricci, L Musacchio… - Cancers, 2022 - mdpi.com
Simple Summary This review aims to analyze the emerging issue regarding PARP inhibitor's
resistance in tumors and their consequence on disease prognosis and treatment. Besides …

Biological mechanisms to reduce radioresistance and increase the efficacy of radiotherapy: state of the art

F Busato, BE Khouzai, M Mognato - International journal of molecular …, 2022 - mdpi.com
Cancer treatment with ionizing radiation (IR) is a well-established and effective clinical
method to fight different types of tumors and is a palliative treatment to cure metastatic …

Advances in PARP inhibitors for prostate cancer

S Tisseverasinghe, B Bahoric, M Anidjar, S Probst… - Cancers, 2023 - mdpi.com
Simple Summary Recent practice-changing trials have highlighted the importance of
polyadenosine diphosphate-ribose polymerase inhibitors (PARPi) in metastatic castrate …

Targeting the DNA damage response for cancer therapy

NJ Curtin - Biochemical Society Transactions, 2023 - portlandpress.com
The DNA damage response (DDR) is an elegant system, coordinating DNA repair with cell
cycle checkpoints, that evolved to protect living organisms from the otherwise fatal levels of …

Novel therapeutic combinations with PARP inhibitors for small cell lung cancer: A bench-to-bedside review

J Xiong, R Barayan, AV Louie, BH Lok - Seminars in cancer biology, 2022 - Elsevier
Small cell lung cancer (SCLC) is treated as a monolithic disease despite the evident intra-
and intertumoral heterogeneity. Non-specific DNA-damaging agents have remained the first …

Ferroptosis: Frenemy of Radiotherapy

L Kerkhove, F Geirnaert, I Dufait… - International Journal of …, 2024 - mdpi.com
Recently, it was established that ferroptosis, a type of iron-dependent regulated cell death,
plays a prominent role in radiotherapy-triggered cell death. Accordingly, ferroptosis inducers …

Radiotherapy, PARP inhibition, and immune-checkpoint blockade: A triad to overcome the double-edged effects of each single player

MM Rosado, C Pioli - Cancers, 2023 - mdpi.com
Simple Summary While radiotherapy remains a key therapy for many cancers, in recent
years, DNA repair inhibitors, particularly PARP inhibitors, and immunotherapy, specifically …