Nature Communications (Apr 2019)

Defective homologous recombination DNA repair as therapeutic target in advanced chordoma

  • Stefan Gröschel,
  • Daniel Hübschmann,
  • Francesco Raimondi,
  • Peter Horak,
  • Gregor Warsow,
  • Martina Fröhlich,
  • Barbara Klink,
  • Laura Gieldon,
  • Barbara Hutter,
  • Kortine Kleinheinz,
  • David Bonekamp,
  • Oliver Marschal,
  • Priya Chudasama,
  • Jagoda Mika,
  • Marie Groth,
  • Sebastian Uhrig,
  • Stephen Krämer,
  • Christoph Heining,
  • Christoph E. Heilig,
  • Daniela Richter,
  • Eva Reisinger,
  • Katrin Pfütze,
  • Roland Eils,
  • Stephan Wolf,
  • Christof von Kalle,
  • Christian Brandts,
  • Claudia Scholl,
  • Wilko Weichert,
  • Stephan Richter,
  • Sebastian Bauer,
  • Roland Penzel,
  • Evelin Schröck,
  • Albrecht Stenzinger,
  • Richard F. Schlenk,
  • Benedikt Brors,
  • Robert B. Russell,
  • Hanno Glimm,
  • Matthias Schlesner,
  • Stefan Fröhling

DOI
https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-019-09633-9
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 10, no. 1
pp. 1 – 9

Abstract

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Chordomas are rare bone tumors with limited therapeutic options. Here, the authors identify molecular alterations associated with defective homologous recombination DNA repair in advanced chordomas and report prolonged response in a patient treated with a PARP inhibitor, which later acquired resistance due to a newly gained PARP1 mutation.