NCI has launched a second-generation precision medicine clinical trial called Myeloid Malignancies Molecular Analysis for Therapy Choice, or myeloMATCH, a trial focused on acute myeloid leukemia and myelodysplastic syndromes.
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.
