CHICAGO—The American Society of Clinical Oncology announced June 1 that it will move forward with its first-ever clinical trial, a study designed to offer patients with advanced cancer access to molecularly-targeted cancer drugs and to collect data on clinical outcomes to learn the best uses of these drugs outside of FDA-approved indications.
In the absence of the federal funding, cancer research will be leaning on private funders. But few private funders have the freedom to ask fundamental questions—questions whose answers may not have an immediate clinical impact but can dramatically advance scientific knowledge.
