Opportunities for Utilization of DNA Repair Inhibitors in Homologous Recombination Repair-Deficient and Proficient Pancreatic Adenocarcinoma

Clin Cancer Res. 2021 Jul 20:clincanres.1367.2021. doi: 10.1158/1078-0432.CCR-21-1367. Online ahead of print.ABSTRACTPancreatic cancer is rapidly progressive and notoriously difficult to treat with cytotoxic chemotherapy and targeted agents. Recent demonstration of the efficacy of maintenance PARP inhibition in germline BRCA mutated pancreatic cancer has raised hopes that increased understanding of the DNA damage response pathway will lead to new therapies in both homologous recombination (HR) repair-deficient and proficient pancreatic cancer. Here, we review the potential mechanisms of exploiting HR deficiency, replicative stress, and DNA damage-mediated immune activation through targeted inhibition of DNA repair regulatory proteins.PMID:34285063 | DOI:10.1158/1078-0432.CCR-21-1367

Source: Clinical Cancer Research - July 21, 2021 Category: Cancer & Oncology Authors: James M Cleary Brian M Wolpin Stephanie K Dougan Srivatsan Raghavan Harshabad Singh Brandon Huffman Nilay S Sethi Jonathan A Nowak Geoffrey I Shapiro Andrew J Aguirre Alan D D'Andrea Source Type: research