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Comment
. 2022 Feb;12(2):290-292.
doi: 10.1158/2159-8290.CD-21-1498.

Functional Precision Medicine: Putting Drugs on Patient Cancer Cells and Seeing What Happens

Anthony Letai  1
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Functional Precision Medicine: Putting Drugs on Patient Cancer Cells and Seeing What Happens

Anthony Letai. Cancer Discov. 2022 Feb.

Abstract

For too long, assays exposing patient tumor cells to drugs to identify active therapies have been dismissed as ineffective. In this issue of Cancer Discovery, two groups independently demonstrate clinical utility of such functional precision medicine assays in hematologic malignancies.See related article by Kornauth et al., p. 372.See related article by Malani et al., p. 388.

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  • Functional Precision Medicine Provides Clinical Benefit in Advanced Aggressive Hematologic Cancers and Identifies Exceptional Responders.
    Kornauth C, Pemovska T, Vladimer GI, Bayer G, Bergmann M, Eder S, Eichner R, Erl M, Esterbauer H, Exner R, Felsleitner-Hauer V, Forte M, Gaiger A, Geissler K, Greinix HT, Gstöttner W, Hacker M, Hartmann BL, Hauswirth AW, Heinemann T, Heintel D, Hoda MA, Hopfinger G, Jaeger U, Kazianka L, Kenner L, Kiesewetter B, Krall N, Krajnik G, Kubicek S, Le T, Lubowitzki S, Mayerhoefer ME, Menschel E, Merkel O, Miura K, Müllauer L, Neumeister P, Noesslinger T, Ocko K, Öhler L, Panny M, Pichler A, Porpaczy E, Prager GW, Raderer M, Ristl R, Ruckser R, Salamon J, Schiefer AI, Schmolke AS, Schwarzinger I, Selzer E, Sillaber C, Skrabs C, Sperr WR, Srndic I, Thalhammer R, Valent P, van der Kouwe E, Vanura K, Vogt S, Waldstein C, Wolf D, Zielinski CC, Zojer N, Simonitsch-Klupp I, Superti-Furga G, Snijder B, Staber PB. Kornauth C, et al. Cancer Discov. 2022 Feb;12(2):372-387. doi: 10.1158/2159-8290.CD-21-0538. Epub 2021 Oct 11. Cancer Discov. 2022. PMID: 34635570 Free PMC article.
  • Implementing a Functional Precision Medicine Tumor Board for Acute Myeloid Leukemia.
    Malani D, Kumar A, Brück O, Kontro M, Yadav B, Hellesøy M, Kuusanmäki H, Dufva O, Kankainen M, Eldfors S, Potdar S, Saarela J, Turunen L, Parsons A, Västrik I, Kivinen K, Saarela J, Räty R, Lehto M, Wolf M, Gjertsen BT, Mustjoki S, Aittokallio T, Wennerberg K, Heckman CA, Kallioniemi O, Porkka K. Malani D, et al. Cancer Discov. 2022 Feb;12(2):388-401. doi: 10.1158/2159-8290.CD-21-0410. Epub 2021 Nov 17. Cancer Discov. 2022. PMID: 34789538 Free PMC article.

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