The program is based on the premise that, with the support of our affiliation, the great majority of cancer patients can and should be treated within their own community setting. (mdanderson.org)
He found that in «the great majority of cancers,» an immediate family member was about twice as likely as a member of the general population also to develop the cancer. (sciencemag.org)
«This means that the vast majority of cancer patients who do not have actionable mutations, or have not responded to, or have relapsed after chemotherapy or targeted therapy, now have access to additional tests that can help their oncologist select the treatment best suited to their specific tumor,» says the tests» lead developer, Andrea Califano, Dr., chair of systems biology at Columbia University Vagelos College of Physicians and Surgeons. (newsroom.cumc.columbia.edu)