If these results are validated in subsequent testing, in the future an oncologist will have many more options for
precision cancer therapy.»
Not exact matches
Matching unique genetic information from
cancer patients» tumors with treatment options — an emerging area of
precision medicine efforts — often fails to identify all patients who may respond to certain
therapies.
«Such advances in sequencing technology facilitate rational
precision therapies for individuals with late - stage
cancer.»
This assay will bring the benefits of
precision diagnosis and individualized
therapy to patients with lymphoid
cancer.
The researchers, at The Institute of
Cancer Research, London, and The Royal Marsden NHS Foundation Trust, say their test is the first developed for a precision prostate cancer therapy targeted at specific genetic faults within tu
Cancer Research, London, and The Royal Marsden NHS Foundation Trust, say their test is the first developed for a
precision prostate
cancer therapy targeted at specific genetic faults within tu
cancer therapy targeted at specific genetic faults within tumours.
«Researchers ID
cancer gene - drug combinations ripe for
precision medicine: Yeast, human cells and bioinformatics help develop one - two punch approach to personalized
cancer therapy.»
The process, which located a genetic site for the most common form of prostate
cancer, has potential for developing precision therapy for other cancers, such as breast, brain and colorectal, say researchers at The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer C
cancer, has potential for developing
precision therapy for other
cancers, such as breast, brain and colorectal, say researchers at The University of Texas MD Anderson
Cancer C
Cancer Center.
The new findings could be used to inform
precision - medicine approaches that help minimize a person's risk for common diseases — such as diabetes, cardiovascular disease and
cancer — by tailoring diet - based prevention and
therapy to the specific needs of an individual.
Wolff believes that newer,
precision medicine
therapies will ultimately help his patients, particularly the 10 percent or so whose
cancer is more driven by heredity than way of life.
This new knowledge is also making
precision medicine a reality by enabling the development of highly targeted
therapies that offer the potential for improved treatment outcomes, especially for patients battling
cancer.
Other biomarkers and genetic signatures are being used in an effort to predict the aggressiveness of an individual patient's prostate
cancer, «but the current information doesn't make it possible for their gene signature to be an actual target for
precision medicine targeted
therapy,» Ellis explained.
«In identifying a specific abnormality in a patient's
cancer instead of the overall organ where it first presented, the opportunity exists to provide tailored therapies for patients,» notes Lorna Rodriguez, MD, PhD, director of the precision medicine initiative at the Cancer Institute and professor of obstetrics, gynecology and reproductive sciences at Robert Wood Johnson Medical S
cancer instead of the overall organ where it first presented, the opportunity exists to provide tailored
therapies for patients,» notes Lorna Rodriguez, MD, PhD, director of the
precision medicine initiative at the
Cancer Institute and professor of obstetrics, gynecology and reproductive sciences at Robert Wood Johnson Medical S
Cancer Institute and professor of obstetrics, gynecology and reproductive sciences at Robert Wood Johnson Medical School.
«This platform has tremendous potential to advance
precision oncology, where we can use a patient's tumor DNA to really tailor
therapy, but we have to be really rigorous about the science of developing the platform,» agrees Carol Bult, director of the PDX /
Cancer Avatar Program at the Jackson Laboratory.
We provide access to the latest medicines and technology, as well as the most advanced clinical trials including novel personalized targeted
therapies including
precision medicine and immunotherapy - some that are only offered at NCI - designated Comprehensive
Cancer Centers like ours.
Affigen, LLC — The Company uses «
precision design» to develop tumor identifying
therapies to treat
cancer.
NCI has launched a series of
precision medicine clinical trials since 2014, many genetically targeted
therapies are currently available to
cancer patients, and many more are expected to become available in the near future.
The tests are based on research conducted by Columbia University Irving Medical Center (CUIMC) investigators — and could pave the way for a more precise approach to
cancer therapy and help find effective drugs when conventional approaches to
precision medicine have failed.
Current
precision medicine approaches aim to disable those mutated genes, and many
cancer patients today have their tumors analyzed for mutated genes that can be treated with available targeted
therapies.
In addition, the company collaborates with biopharmaceutical companies in the development of companion diagnostic tests and technologies for various
cancer therapies, helping to realize the promise of
precision oncology.
The Center for
Cancer Targeted Therapies (C2T2) integrates a phase I - Ib / early clinical trials program, a precision cancer medicine infrastructure with expertise on tumor tissue - based state - of - the - art molecular methods, and a core resource with novel non-invasive functional imaging me
Cancer Targeted
Therapies (C2T2) integrates a phase I - Ib / early clinical trials program, a
precision cancer medicine infrastructure with expertise on tumor tissue - based state - of - the - art molecular methods, and a core resource with novel non-invasive functional imaging me
cancer medicine infrastructure with expertise on tumor tissue - based state - of - the - art molecular methods, and a core resource with novel non-invasive functional imaging methods.
National
Cancer Institute and ECOG - ACRIN announce the July 2015 opening of the NCI - MATCH / EAY131 trial, a multi-arm phase II precision medicine study that seeks to determine whether targeted therapies for people whose tumors have specific gene mutations will be effective regardless of cancer
Cancer Institute and ECOG - ACRIN announce the July 2015 opening of the NCI - MATCH / EAY131 trial, a multi-arm phase II
precision medicine study that seeks to determine whether targeted
therapies for people whose tumors have specific gene mutations will be effective regardless of
cancercancer type.