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I don’t know about you but I found this to be a interesting read: practiceupdate.com/c/101910...

(Also: a recommendation to subscribe to this website for health professionals, I just stated that I was a Swedish doctor)

My father does not have BRCA1 of BRCA2 but I found this interesting if he might have PALB2, RAD54L or RAD51B,

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timotur

Thanks for the link... good info on PARP inhibitors rucaparib and olaparib.

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COOP8

Thanks for the link... my husband just started a research trial and is undergoing chemo now, in order to start Rucaparib following the last chemo treatment. He's BRCA2+ and we're very hopeful that we'll see good results from it!

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