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Lynparza isn't working

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PSA has climbed to 327.15 ng/mL (High)

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Are you BRCA+?

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Sorry I don't know what BRCA+ is.

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That's a gene most commonly associated with breast cancer, but also associated with prostate cancer.

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It means a mutation in the BRCA gene. Lynparza only is effective on people with that mutation.

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