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. 2024 Dec 24;17(1):8. doi: 10.3390/cancers17010008
ADP Adenosine diphosphate
AML Acute myeloid leukaemia
ASCO American Society for Clinical Oncology
BICR Blinded independent central review
ctDNA Circulating tumour DNA
CPS + EG Clinical and pathological stage plus oestrogen receptor and nuclear grade
CRISPR Clustered regularly interspaced short palindromic repeats/associated proteins
CR Complete response
CI Confidence interval
dMMR DNA mismatch repair deficiency
FDA Food and Drug Administration
gBRCAm Germline BRCA mutation
GIS Genomics instability score
HR Hazard ratio
HBOC Hereditary Breast and Ovarian Cancer
HGEOC High-grade epithelial ovarian cancer
HGSOC High-grade serous ovarian carcinoma
HRR Homologous recombination repair
HRRm Homologous recombination repair gene mutations
HRD Homologous repair deficiency
ibPFS Imaging-based progression-free survival
ITT Intention to treat
iDFS Invasive disease-free survival
LPV Likely pathogenic variant
LOH Loss of heterozygosity
MSI-H Microsatellite instability high
mCRPC Metastatic castrate-resistant prostate cancer
MDS Myelodysplastic syndrome
NGS Next-generation sequencing
NHEJ Non-homologous end joining
NHAs Novel hormonal agents
NR Not reached
ORR Overall response rate
OS Overall survival
PR Partial response
PV Pathogenic variant
PTIP Pax2 transactivation domain-interacting protein
PAR Poly ADP-ribose
PARylation Poly ADP-ribosylation
PARG Poly ADP-ribose glycohydrolase
PARP Poly adenosine diphosphate ribose polymerase
PARPi Poly adenosine diphosphate ribose polymerase inhibitor
pMMR Proficient DNA mismatch repair
PD-1 Programmed cell death protein 1
PD-L1 Programmed death-ligand 1
PFS Progression-free survival
rPFS Radiologic progression-free survival
TNBC Triple-negative breast cancer
tBRCAm Tumour BRCA mutation
TME Tumour microenvironment
53BP1 TP53-binding protein 1
Vd Volume of distribution
WT Wild type