Rare Cancers, Common Need

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Cancer immunotherapy, and in particular immune checkpoint blockade, has transformed oncology with the potential for durable responses even in patients with metastatic disease. To date, regulatory approvals and clinical trials have focused on the study of these agents in relatively more common tumor types, such as melanoma, non-small cell lung cancer, bladder cancer, and kidney cancer, amongst others.

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Sandip Patel
S1609 DART clinical study chair; Assistant professor of medicine, UC San Diego Cancer Center;
Assistant director, Clinical Trials Office, Moores Cancer Center; Investigator, SWOG early therapeutics and rare cancers committee
Young Kwang Chae
S1609 DART translational medicine study chair; assistant professor, Division of Hematology/Oncology, Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine; Co-director, Developmental Therapeutics, Lurie Cancer Center; Vice chair, SWOG early therapeutics and rare cancers committee
Razelle Kurzrock
S1609 DART senior study chair; Senior deputy center director, Moores Cancer Center; Chief, Division of Hematology and Oncology, UC San Diego; Chair, SWOG early therapeutics and rare cancers committee

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