Current Systemic Treatments for the Hereditary Cancer Syndromes: Drug Development in Light of Genomic Defects.

Am Soc Clin Oncol Educ Book

Breast Cancer Unit and Hereditary Cancer Unit, Medical Oncology Department, University Hospital Vall d'Hebron, Barcelona, Spain.

Published: April 2022

Advances in the genetic basis of different tumors have led to identification of tumor vulnerabilities that can be turn into targeted therapies. In this regard, PARP inhibitors cause synthetic lethality with tumors harboring or genetic alterations. On the other hand, tumors with microsatellite instability, either due to germline or sporadic alterations, are candidates for immune checkpoint inhibitors. Finally, patients with von Hippel-Lindau disease who carry a germline alteration in the gene may benefit form belzutifan, a hypoxia-inducible factor 2 alpha inhibitor. Overall, research on the underlying pathological mechanisms of these tumors has provided new therapeutic opportunities that might be expanded to other sporadic tumors with similar biology.

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http://dx.doi.org/10.1200/EDBK_350232DOI Listing

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