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Prostate Cancer Patients With DNA Damage Repair Mutations May Respond to Platinum Chemo

Apr 23, 2020
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NEW YORK – A subset of patients with metastatic castration-resistant prostate cancer (mCRPC) who harbor DNA damage repair (DDR) gene mutations may have an improved response to platinum chemotherapy compared to those without such mutations, according to a study recently published in the Journal of Clinical Oncology: Precision Oncology.

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