Abstract:Introduction: More than the twenty percent of ovarian cancers are hereditary, and most have BRCA mutations. The 30% of Mexican patients with the BRCA1 mutation have the BRCA1 gene exon 9-12del deletion founder mutation (BRCA1 ex9-12del). BR-CA-mutated tumors are more sensitive to PARP inhibitors such as olaparib. Objective: To show the clinical experience on the use of olaparib at Instituto Nacional de Cancerología in Mexico. Method: Ovarian cancer patients treated with olaparib from November 2016 to December … Show more
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