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Comment
. 2021 Nov;11(11):2677-2678.
doi: 10.1158/2159-8290.CD-21-1069.

Precision Cancer Medicine: Large Studies Indicate Steady Progress

Alexander Eggermont  1   2 , Birgit Geoerger  3 , Giuseppe Curigliano  4
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Comment

Precision Cancer Medicine: Large Studies Indicate Steady Progress

Alexander Eggermont et al. Cancer Discov. 2021 Nov.

Abstract

Comprehensive genomic and transcriptomic analysis for guiding therapeutic decisions provide the basis of precision cancer medicine. In this issue of Cancer Discovery, continued progress in this field is demonstrated by two large collaborative studies: Horak and colleagues in the MASTER trial for patients with rare cancers and Van Tilburg and colleagues in the INFORM registry in pediatric tumors.See related article by van Tilburg et al., p. 2764.See related article by Horak et al., p. 2780.

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  • Comprehensive Genomic and Transcriptomic Analysis for Guiding Therapeutic Decisions in Patients with Rare Cancers.
    Horak P, Heining C, Kreutzfeldt S, Hutter B, Mock A, Hüllein J, Fröhlich M, Uhrig S, Jahn A, Rump A, Gieldon L, Möhrmann L, Hanf D, Teleanu V, Heilig CE, Lipka DB, Allgäuer M, Ruhnke L, Laßmann A, Endris V, Neumann O, Penzel R, Beck K, Richter D, Winter U, Wolf S, Pfütze K, Geörg C, Meißburger B, Buchhalter I, Augustin M, Aulitzky WE, Hohenberger P, Kroiss M, Schirmacher P, Schlenk RF, Keilholz U, Klauschen F, Folprecht G, Bauer S, Siveke JT, Brandts CH, Kindler T, Boerries M, Illert AL, von Bubnoff N, Jost PJ, Spiekermann K, Bitzer M, Schulze-Osthoff K, von Kalle C, Klink B, Brors B, Stenzinger A, Schröck E, Hübschmann D, Weichert W, Glimm H, Fröhling S. Horak P, et al. Cancer Discov. 2021 Nov;11(11):2780-2795. doi: 10.1158/2159-8290.CD-21-0126. Epub 2021 Jun 10. Cancer Discov. 2021. PMID: 34112699
  • The Pediatric Precision Oncology INFORM Registry: Clinical Outcome and Benefit for Patients with Very High-Evidence Targets.
    van Tilburg CM, Pfaff E, Pajtler KW, Langenberg KPS, Fiesel P, Jones BC, Balasubramanian GP, Stark S, Johann PD, Blattner-Johnson M, Schramm K, Dikow N, Hirsch S, Sutter C, Grund K, von Stackelberg A, Kulozik AE, Lissat A, Borkhardt A, Meisel R, Reinhardt D, Klusmann JH, Fleischhack G, Tippelt S, von Schweinitz D, Schmid I, Kramm CM, von Bueren AO, Calaminus G, Vorwerk P, Graf N, Westermann F, Fischer M, Eggert A, Burkhardt B, Wößmann W, Nathrath M, Hecker-Nolting S, Frühwald MC, Schneider DT, Brecht IB, Ketteler P, Fulda S, Koscielniak E, Meister MT, Scheer M, Hettmer S, Schwab M, Tremmel R, Øra I, Hutter C, Gerber NU, Lohi O, Kazanowska B, Kattamis A, Filippidou M, Goemans B, Zwaan CM, Milde T, Jäger N, Wolf S, Reuss D, Sahm F, von Deimling A, Dirksen U, Freitag A, Witt R, Lichter P, Kopp-Schneider A, Jones DTW, Molenaar JJ, Capper D, Pfister SM, Witt O. van Tilburg CM, et al. Cancer Discov. 2021 Nov;11(11):2764-2779. doi: 10.1158/2159-8290.CD-21-0094. Epub 2021 Aug 9. Cancer Discov. 2021. PMID: 34373263 Free PMC article.

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