Expression of potential biomarkers associated with homologous recombination repair in patients with ovarian or triple-negative breast cancer.

Background: Poly(ADP)-ribose polymerase (PARP) inhibitors such as olaparib can induce cell death in cancer cells with homologous recombination (HR) DNA repair deficiencies, such as BRCA1/2 mutations.

Aim: To identify prognostic biomarkers of long-term outcomes in cancer patients.

Methods: Immunohistochemistry was used to analyse expression of key HR pathway proteins (ATM, ATR, BRCA1, MDC1, MRE11) and PARP-1 in 100 serous ovarian cancer (SOC) and 100 triple-negative breast cancer (TNBC) tumour samples from Japanese patients.

Validation of the BRCA1 antibody MS110 and the utility of BRCA1 as a patient selection biomarker in immunohistochemical analysis of breast and ovarian tumours.

BRCA1 protein measurement has previously been evaluated as a potential diagnostic marker without reaching a conclusive recommendation. In this study, we applied current best practice in antibody validation to further characterize MS110, a widely used antibody targeting BRCA1. Antibody specificity was investigated using different biochemical validation techniques.

Antitumor effects and biomarkers of activity of AZD0530, a Src inhibitor, in pancreatic cancer.

Purpose: To determine the efficacy of AZD0530, an orally active small molecule Src inhibitor, in human pancreatic cancer xenografts and to seek biomarkers predictive of activity.

Experimental Design: Sixteen patient-derived pancreatic cancer xenografts from the PancXenoBank collection at Johns Hopkins were treated with AZD0530 (50 mg/kg/day, p.o.