Accelerated Delivery of Innovative Medicine

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The Challenge

The emergence of precision medicine is making prolonged clinical response a realistic goal of lung cancer therapy; but to further improve lung cancer survival outcomes, we must explore the potential for precision medicines in earlier stages (Stage I-III) where there is a greater chance of cure.14,15

Our solution

Moving Earlier

As part of its Major Pathologic Response Project, the Alliance is validating surrogate endpoints to accelerate drug approval in early settings.  We are using our understanding of the molecular features of cancer to identify patients at high-risk of early relapse and who may benefit most from therapeutic intervention.16

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