Sentences with phrase «on personalized cancer therapy»

«We hope that iCAGES can help clinicians take full advantage of the massive amounts of data on genomic sequencing and cancer variants, and shed light on personalized cancer therapy,» said Dr. Wang.

Hoping to cash in on personalized cancer therapy, a new company called Foundation Medicine — founded in part by genome guru Eric Lander of the Broad Institute — plans to develop tests for genetic glitches in tumors that make them vulnerable to specific drugs, reports the United Kingdom's Times Online.

Not exact matches

«Oncologists here at Moores Cancer Center at UC San Diego Health and elsewhere can often personalize cancer therapy based on an individual patient's unique cancer mutations,» said senior author Trey Ideker, PhD, professor of genetics at UC San Diego School of MedCancer Center at UC San Diego Health and elsewhere can often personalize cancer therapy based on an individual patient's unique cancer mutations,» said senior author Trey Ideker, PhD, professor of genetics at UC San Diego School of Medcancer therapy based on an individual patient's unique cancer mutations,» said senior author Trey Ideker, PhD, professor of genetics at UC San Diego School of Medcancer mutations,» said senior author Trey Ideker, PhD, professor of genetics at UC San Diego School of Medicine.

Led by Joke Bradt, PhD, associate professor in Drexel University's College of Nursing and Health Professions, a team looked into studies that examined the impact of music therapy (a personalized music experience offered by trained music therapists) and music medicine (listening to pre-recorded music provided by a doctor or nurse) on psychological and physical outcomes in people with cancer.

It appears that FL118 will be an outstanding model on which to base new analogs that will represent even more promising investigational therapies for personalized cancer treatment.»

This is our dream for personalized cancer therapy, so we're not just guessing any more about which drugs will work but can choose drug targets based on what's driving that patient's cancer,» said Josh Stuart, the Baskin professor of biomolecular engineering at UC Santa Cruz, director of cancer and stem cell genomics at the UCSC Genomics Institute, and a senior corresponding author of the paper.

This specificity in treatment fits with an emerging approach in cancer treatment nationwide, known as personalized medicine, in which the therapies for each patient are selected based on the genes altered in their tumors.

Armed with this knowledge, and the results of an initial feasibility study, the Dream Team will conduct a clinical trial to evaluate if personalized therapy, based on the genetic profile of each individual patient's cancer, improves outcomes.

We always stress to all those on a cancer healing journey to never rely on a few remedies, no matter how effective they can be, but to always embrace a full program of several therapies and remedies which have been personalized.