AJMC October 21, 2024
While treatment options are evolving cancer care and extending lifespans, there is still a lack of biomarkers in certain cancers that can help direct treatment or provide early detection.
New treatments have extended life spans in certain cancers, but there remains a need for biomarkers in some that can help identify the best therapy for a patient, said Susan Wescott, RPh, MBA, senior director of managed care pharmacy, Mayo Clinic.
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What are some areas where biomarkers are desperately needed but haven’t been identified yet? How do outcomes in those disease states compare with diseases with identified biomarkers?
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