BRCA1 and breast carcinoma: To address whether the combinative treatment of these DNA-damaging agents can be extended to the triple-negative BRCA1-proficient breast cancer population, we investigated the anticancer activity of the well-known FDA-approved PARP inhibitor olaparib in combination with the antimetastatic ruthenium(II)–arene PTA compound RAPTA-T for triple-negative BRCA1-competent breast cancer cells (MDA-MB-468 and MDA-MB-231), with consideration of sporadic breast cancer MCF-7 cells.