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Monthly Archives: February 2014

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Redefining cancer: a new paradigm for better and faster treatment innovation

Redefining cancer: a new paradigm for better and faster treatment innovation

February 23, 2014Written by David J Stewart, Gerald Batistin Articles

Common cancers may arise from several different mutations, and each causative mutation may require different treatment approaches.  There are also several mechanisms by which malignancies may become resistant to therapy, and each mechanism will also require a different therapeutic strategy.  Hence, the paradigm of devising therapies based on tumor type is suboptimal.  Each common malignancy may now be regarded as a collection of morphologically similar but molecularly distinct orphan diseases, each requiring unique approaches.  Current strategies that employ randomized clinical trials (RCTs) in unselected patients carry a high risk of misleading results.  Available data suggest that…

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