A recent small study suggests that immunotherapy may benefit patients with refractory pancreatic or biliary cancer who have inherited a mutation in the homologous recombination deficiency (HRD) genes, BRCA1, BRCA2, and RAD51C.
Another new study reported that in BRCA1/2 carriers with pancreatic cancer, maintenance treatment with Olaparib may be of benefit. Findings showed that with Olaparib, long-term survival was more common and time to subsequent therapy was prolonged.
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