Would you consider PARP inhibition in a patient with metastatic prostate cancer and a germline BRCA2 variant of unknown significance?
Or would you restrict such treatment to patients with known pathogenic germline BRCA mutations?
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Medical Oncology · Duke University School of Medicine
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Over 90% of BRCA2 variants of undetermined significance in the past have been reclassified as benign variants, and thus VUS's should be treated as non-pathogenic and should not lead to a change in therapy and would not be predicted to be PARP responsive. It would be reasonable to confirm the signifi...
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