PARP inhibitors have improved survival of breast cancer patients with BRCA1/2 mutations, but the cancer eventually returns. A Columbia study has now identified a drug that may prevent that relapse.
Including BRCA1 testing with prenatal carrier screening could identify people at risk of breast, ovarian, and pancreatic cancer at a time when cancer screening could save their lives.
Physician-scientist Neil Vasan brings the perspectives he's gained from classical singing and structural biology to his search for new breast cancer treatments.