Sentences with phrase «selection of a cancer therapy»

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This method will facilitate the analysis of patient tumors and the selection of the most appropriate therapy based on the individualized features of each patient's cancer subtype.

In addition to providing insights regarding selection of treatment, this blood test may also prove helpful in assessing the presence of residual disease, recurrence, or relapse and detection of therapy - resistant cancer cells more quickly than conventional tissue - based methods.

«This line of work is starting to change our thinking about who and when — the timing and patient selection for anti-androgen receptor therapy in triple - negative breast cancer,» says Valerie Barton, the study's first author and PhD candidate in the lab of CU Cancer Center investigator Jennifer Richercancer,» says Valerie Barton, the study's first author and PhD candidate in the lab of CU Cancer Center investigator Jennifer RicherCancer Center investigator Jennifer Richer, PhD.

«HER3 is thought to be an important mediator of resistance to the HER2 inhibitors class of anti-cancer therapies, which are used to treat HER2 - positive breast cancer representing approximately 20 percent of all breast cancers,» said principal author Eric P. Wehrenberg - Klee, MD, from Massachusetts General Hospital in Boston, Mass. «Imaging of HER3 expression may allow for better understanding of how prevalent HER3 over-expression is among HER2 positive breast cancer patients, which in turn may allow for appropriate patient selection for the addition of HER3 inhibitors currently in clinical development.»

DENVER — Despite very encouraging progress in the development and use of immunotherapy for patients with non-small cell lung cancer, much confusion remains regarding patient selection for each therapy.

Pharmaceutical Industry Payments and Oncologists» Selection of Targeted Cancer Therapies in Medicare Beneficiaries.