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The potential of exploiting DNA-repair defects for optimizing lung cancer treatment

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The tumor genome is commonly aberrant as a consequence of mutagenic insult and incomplete DNA repair. DNA repair as a therapeutic target has recently received considerable attention owing to the promise of drugs that target tumor-specific DNA-repair enzymes and potentiate conventional cytotoxic therapy through mechanism-based approaches, such as synthetic lethality. Treatment for non-small-cell lung cancer (NSCLC) consists mainly of platinum-based chemotherapy regimens and improvements are urgently needed. Optimizing treatment according to tumor status for DNA-repair biomarkers, such as ERCC1, BRCA1 or RRM1, could predict response to platinum, taxanes and gemcitabine-based therapies, respectively, and might improve substantially the response of individual patients' tumors. Finally, recent data on germline variation in DNA-repair genes may also be informative. Here, we discuss how a molecular and functional DNA-repair classification of NSCLC may aid clinical decision making and improve patient outcome.

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  • Non-small-cell lung cancer (NSCLC) is the leading cause of cancer death worldwide and displays frequent DNA repair dysfunctionality

  • Targeting DNA repair can be a therapeutic strategy in itself, notably using mechanism-based approaches, such as synthetic lethality, chemosensitazion or radiosensitization

  • Several DNA-repair biomarkers, such as ERCC1, BRCA1, RAP80, RRM1, PARP1, MSH2 or DNA-PK, could be used to customize NSCLC therapy and substantially improve patient outcomes

  • Functional DNA-repair assays should be implemented in addition to biomarker analysis to select patients that could benefit from mechanism-based treatments

  • Besides tumor characteristics, host DNA-repair gene profiles could provide useful information

  • Current challenges include the prospective validation of such biomarkers, the choice of methods to analyze such biomarkers molecularly and functionally, and the implementation of the results in clinical decision making

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Figure 1: Main DNA lesions and corresponding DNA-damage-repair pathways.
Figure 2: DNA repair as a therapeutic target.
Figure 3: DNA-repair biomarkers and therapeutic implication.

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