MGMT promoter methylation in triple negative breast cancer of the GeparSixto trial.

Triple-negative breast cancer (TNBC) is typically treated with chemotherapeutic agents, including carboplatin (Cb), an DNA platinating agent. The O6-methylguanine-DNA-methyltransferase gene (MGMT) encodes for the protein O6-alkylguanine-DNA-alkyltransferase (MGMT protein). MGMT protein is involved i...

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Main Authors: Paul Jank, Claire Gehlhaar, Lederer Bianca, Fontanella Caterina, Schneeweiss Andreas, Thomas Karn, Frederik Marmé, Hans-Peter Sinn, Marion van Mackelenbergh, Bruno Sinn, Dirk-Michael Zahm, Barbara Ingold-Heppner, Christian Schem, Elmar Stickeler, Peter A Fasching, Valentina Nekljudova, Eliane Tabea Taube, Frank Heppner, Volkmar Müller, Carsten Denkert, Sibylle Loibl
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2020-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0238021