Precision medicine

October 19, 2023

It’s a MATCH: Peter O’Dwyer on the Future of Precision Oncology

Following the recent Nature Medicine publication of lessons from the NCI-MATCH trial, two new podcasts discuss the pitfalls and promises of precision oncology—and opportunities to guide the field as it moves forward
April 19, 2023

Now Enrolling: ECOG-ACRIN Opens the ComboMATCH Patient Registration Trial as the Gateway to a Coordinated Set of Treatment Trials

ComboMATCH researchers are discovering new drug combinations that show promise for patients with advanced cancers, based on strong pre-clinical in vivo evidence of therapeutic effectiveness
December 20, 2022

Trial Spotlight: Robert Ferris and Christine Chung on the EA3132 Trial for Patients With Head and Neck Cancer

This phase 2 study is examining whether the addition of cisplatin to PORT will provide a survival benefit to certain patients with stage 3/4 squamous cell carcinoma of the head and neck
April 15, 2022

Trial Spotlight: Nadine Tung on the EA1181/CompassHER2 pCR Trial for HER2-Positive Breast Cancer

This study aims to determine if it is safe to omit adjuvant chemotherapy after surgery for patients with pathologic complete response (pCR) after 12 weeks of pre-operative treatment
January 25, 2021

Joe Sparano: Refining Individual Risk in Breast Cancer

Dr. Sparano discusses the scientific and statistical collaboration behind a new tool, RSClin™, which integrates clinical–pathological and genomic risk information to guide adjuvant chemotherapy in node-negative breast cancer