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BATTLE Trial: Biopsy-Driven Therapies Feasible, Can Benefit Lung Cancer Patients
BATTLE Trial: Biopsy-Driven Therapies Feasible, Can Benefit Lung Cancer Patients
JS MacNeil
20100319
2010 Apr 19
Elsevier Global Medical News
BATTLE Trial: Biopsy-Driven Therapies Feasible, Can Benefit Lung Cancer Patients
Elsevier Global Medical News. 2010 Apr 19, JS MacNeil
Selecting targeted therapies based on biomarkers in individual tumor specimens led to improved outcomes for chemotherapy-refractory lung cancer patients in a prospective phase II clinical trial that promises to be a landmark in developing personalized medicine for lung cancer.Disease control rates ranged from zero to 100% in five biomarker-based groups of patients, depending on how well a particular drug corresponded with a group's molecular features, lead researcher Dr. Edward S. Kim reported April...