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Considerations About the Use of Biomarkers in Cancer Clinical Trials
Author(s) -
Chabner Bruce A.
Publication year - 2018
Publication title -
clinical pharmacology and therapeutics
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.941
H-Index - 188
eISSN - 1532-6535
pISSN - 0009-9236
DOI - 10.1002/cpt.895
Subject(s) - clinical trial , drug development , cancer , medicine , intensive care medicine , biomarker , computational biology , bioinformatics , drug , biology , pharmacology , genetics
The rapid evolution of our understanding of cancer biology has affected every phase of patient management, from early detection to drug development and clinical management. Central to this issue is the challenge of using biomarkers to identify the driving mutations present and identifiable by current assays in many tumors. These biomarkers are integral to the process of selecting patients for the testing of new drugs, many of which are specifically designed to inhibit oncogenic pathways.