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Are there any clinical scenarios in which you would treat BRCA mutated HER2 negative metastatic breast cancer with a PARP inhibitor in combination with carboplatin?

Do any studies support this rationale? Does the presence of a somatic vs germline BRCA mutation impact your decision?
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Medical Oncology · University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center
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There is a large prospective phase III study that showed a significant improvement in DFS for veliparib+carbo+ paclitaxel versus carbo+paclitaxel (BROCADE3 study; Dieras V et., PMID 32861273).

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