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Would you consider PARP inhibition in a patient with metastatic prostate cancer and a germline BRCA2 variant of unknown significance?

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Medical Oncology · Duke University School of Medicine

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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