AZ/Merck & Co’s Lynparza POLO Study ‘Practice Changing’ For Pancreatic Cancer Subgroup
Executive Summary
A near doubling of progression-free survival in the POLO study of AstraZeneca/Merck & Co’s Lynparza could usher in a new era of targeted therapy for metastatic pancreatic patients with germline BRCA mutations, and open up a third indication for the leading PARP inhibitor.
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