Maintenance Olaparib in Patients with Newly Diagnosed Advanced Ovarian Cancer

2018 New England Journal of Medicine 2,632 citations

Abstract

The use of maintenance therapy with olaparib provided a substantial benefit with regard to progression-free survival among women with newly diagnosed advanced ovarian cancer and a BRCA1/2 mutation, with a 70% lower risk of disease progression or death with olaparib than with placebo. (Funded by AstraZeneca and Merck; SOLO1 ClinicalTrials.gov number, NCT01844986 .).

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OlaparibMedicineOvarian cancerOncologyChemotherapyInternal medicineDiseasePARP inhibitorCancerMaintenance therapyGynecologyPoly ADP ribose polymerasePolymeraseBiologyEnzyme

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Year
2018
Type
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Volume
379
Issue
26
Pages
2495-2505
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2632
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Kathleen N. Moore, Nicoletta Colombo, Giovanni Scambia et al. (2018). Maintenance Olaparib in Patients with Newly Diagnosed Advanced Ovarian Cancer. New England Journal of Medicine , 379 (26) , 2495-2505. https://doi.org/10.1056/nejmoa1810858

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10.1056/nejmoa1810858