FDA Approves Cancer Drug for a Biomarker Not a Tissue

May 31, 2017 8:26 pm

Colon, pancreatic, stomach, or ovarian cancer; it increasingly shouldn’t matter. In an era of precision medicine, the treatment approach should reflect the genetic makeup of the person’s tumor and the presence or absence of key biomarkers.

That ethos was set … Read more

In Ovarian Cancer Advancements, Finding New Biomarkers Is Key

January 5, 2017 9:02 pm

The search for validated, actionable biomarkers may be more important than initiating more phase 3 trials in the field of ovarian cancer, according to Maurie Markman, M.D.

“In the ovarian cancer arena, we have 30 years of history of doing … Read more