Open AccessThinking Systematically About the Off‐Label Use of Cancer Drugs and Combinations for Patients Who Have Exhausted Proven Therapies
Author(s) -
Mailankody Sham,
Prasad Vinay
Publication year - 2016
Publication title -
the oncologist
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 2.176
H-Index - 164
eISSN - 1549-490X
pISSN - 1083-7159
DOI - 10.1634/theoncologist.2016-0086
Subject(s) - medicine , clinical trial , intensive care medicine , cancer drugs , off label use , cancer , pharmacology
This article explores the circumstances under which providers and patients should be able to attempt drugs or combinations for indications for which we still lack formal clinical trials.