Will Precision Oncology Offer Patients Superior Treatment Therapies?

Number of patients eligible for genome-driven oncology therapy is increasing, but the percentage who reportedly benefit from the therapy remains at less than 5%

Advances in precision medicine in oncology (precision oncology) are fueling the need for clinical laboratory companion diagnostic tests that help physicians choose the best treatment protocols. In fact, this is a fast-growing area of clinical diagnostics for the nation’s anatomic pathologists. However, some experts in the field of genome-based cancer treatments disagree over whether such treatments offer more hype than hope.

At an annual meeting of the American Association for Cancer Research (AACR) in Chicago, David Hyman, MD, Chief of Early Drug Development at Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center in New York, and Vinay Prasad, MD, MPH, Hematologist-Oncologist and Associate Professor of Medicine at Oregon Health and Science University (OHSU), squared off.

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