rucaparib

New study extends benefit of Rucaparib PARP inhibitor to women with BRCA defects in tumors who do not carry inherited BRCA mutations

February 13, 2017

A study published in Lancet Oncology by Dr. Iain McNeish (2016 Rivkin Pilot Award Recipient), Dr. Elizabeth Swisher (2009 Rivkin Pilot Award Recipient), and colleagues provided key data that helped fuel the FDA’s recent approval of rucaparib for ovarian cancers with defects in the BRCA1 and BRCA2 genes in women previously treated with two or more chemotherapies.

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