Hereditary breast and ovarian cancer (HBOC): review of its molecular characteristics, screening, treatment, and prognosis

R Yoshida - Breast Cancer, 2021 - Springer
Breast cancer is a common cancer affecting a large number of patients. Notably, 5–10% of
all breast cancer patients are genetically predisposed to cancers. Although the most …

Ovarian cancer

UA Matulonis, AK Sood, L Fallowfield… - Nature reviews Disease …, 2016 - nature.com
Ovarian cancer is not a single disease and can be subdivided into at least five different
histological subtypes that have different identifiable risk factors, cells of origin, molecular …

Genetic/familial high-risk assessment: breast, ovarian, and pancreatic, version 2.2021, NCCN clinical practice guidelines in oncology

MB Daly, T Pal, MP Berry, SS Buys, P Dickson… - Journal of the National …, 2021 - jnccn.org
The NCCN Guidelines for Genetic/Familial High-Risk Assessment: Breast, Ovarian, and
Pancreatic focus primarily on assessment of pathogenic or likely pathogenic variants …

PARP inhibitors in the management of ovarian cancer: ASCO guideline

WP Tew, C Lacchetti, A Ellis, K Maxian… - Journal of Clinical …, 2020 - ascopubs.org
PURPOSE To provide recommendations on the use of poly (ADP-ribose) polymerase
inhibitors (PARPis) for management of epithelial ovarian, tubal, or primary peritoneal cancer …

Germline and somatic tumor testing in epithelial ovarian cancer: ASCO guideline

PA Konstantinopoulos, B Norquist… - Journal of Clinical …, 2020 - ascopubs.org
PURPOSE To provide recommendations on genetic and tumor testing for women diagnosed
with epithelial ovarian cancer based on available evidence and expert consensus …

Olaparib tablets as maintenance therapy in patients with platinum-sensitive, relapsed ovarian cancer and a BRCA1/2 mutation (SOLO2/ENGOT-Ov21): a double-blind …

E Pujade-Lauraine, JA Ledermann, F Selle… - The lancet …, 2017 - thelancet.com
Background Olaparib, a poly (ADP-ribose) polymerase (PARP) inhibitor, has previously
shown efficacy in a phase 2 study when given in capsule formulation to all-comer patients …

Epithelial ovarian cancer: providing evidence of predisposition genes

S Shah, A Cheung, M Kutka, M Sheriff… - International Journal of …, 2022 - mdpi.com
Epithelial ovarian cancer (EOC) is one of the cancers most influenced by hereditary factors.
A fourth to a fifth of unselected EOC patients carry pathogenic variants (PVs) in a number of …

Inherited mutations in women with ovarian carcinoma

BM Norquist, MI Harrell, MF Brady, T Walsh… - JAMA …, 2016 - jamanetwork.com
Importance Germline mutations inBRCA1andBRCA2are relatively common in women with
ovarian, fallopian tube, and peritoneal carcinoma (OC) causing a greatly increased lifetime …

FDA Approval Summary: Olaparib Monotherapy in Patients with Deleterious Germline BRCA-Mutated Advanced Ovarian Cancer Treated with Three or More Lines of …

G Kim, G Ison, AE McKee, H Zhang, S Tang… - Clinical cancer …, 2015 - AACR
Abstract On December 19, 2014, the FDA approved olaparib capsules (Lynparza;
AstraZeneca) for the treatment of patients with deleterious or suspected deleterious germline …

Pathogenesis and heterogeneity of ovarian cancer

PT Kroeger Jr, R Drapkin - Current Opinion in Obstetrics and …, 2017 - journals.lww.com
The fallopian tube secretory cell is the cell of origin for the majority of ovarian cancers.
Although it remains unclear what triggers neoplastic transformation of these cells, certain …