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Case Report| Volume 17, ISSUE 2, P157-160, April 2019

Metronomic Oral Cyclophosphamide in 2 Heavily Pretreated Patients With Metastatic Castration-resistant Prostate Cancer With Homologous Recombination Deficiency (HRD): A Case Report

  • Hang Huong Ling
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    Division of Hematology-Oncology, Department of Internal Medicine, Chang Gung Memorial Hospital, Keelung Branch, Taiwan
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  • Yung-Chang Lin
    Correspondence
    Address for correspondence: Yung-Chang Lin, MD, Division of Hematology-Oncology, Department of Internal Medicine, Chang Gung Memorial Hospital, Taoyuan Branch, 333, No. 5, Fu-Shin Street, Queishan District, Taoyuan City, Taiwan
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    Division of Hematology-Oncology, Department of Internal Medicine, Chang Gung Memorial Hospital, Taoyuan Branch, Taiwan

    School of Medicine, Chang Gung University, Taoyuan City, Taiwan
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Published:December 18, 2018DOI:https://doi.org/10.1016/j.clgc.2018.12.005
      Approximately 25% of patients with metastatic castration resistant prostate cancer (mCRPC) have sporadic homologous recombination deficiency (HRD) mutations, with 8% being germline mutations.

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