Bobbie J. Rimel, MD

Bobbie J. Rimel, MD, discusses the importance of testing patients with ovarian cancer for homologous recombination deficiency (HRD) or homologous recombination proficiency (HRP), and BRCA mutation status.

Bobbie J. Rimel, MD, assistant professor, Obstetrics and Gynecology, discusses discovering BRCA mutations early in ovarian cancer patients. Rimel says with the genetic information of knowing which patients harbor which genetic mutations, oncologists can offer their patients treatments such as PARP inhibitors, which are gene-specific.