BRCA

Anthony Ghanem1, Susan M Domchek2,1

  • 1Department of Medicine, University of Pennsylvania Health System, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA;

Annual review of medicine
|December 4, 2024
PubMed
概括

在BRCA1和BRCA2基因的致病变体增加癌症风险. 聚ADP-ribose) 聚合酶 (PARP) 抑制剂为这些癌症提供了向治疗,目前正在研究耐药性和更广泛的应用.

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