DNA repair enzyme inhibitor therapy is a treatment which uses medicines to target genes that have mutated and are therefore incapable of repairing DNA properly. If the reproduction of these cells is not inhibited they may proliferate, resulting in accumulation of cells with damaged DNA. Proliferation of cells with damaged DNA is thought to play a role in the development of some types of cancer.
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