U.S. launches new initiative testing tumor drug combinations


LOS ANGELES, June 1 (Xinhua) -- The U.S. National Cancer Institute (NCI) has launched a large precision medicine cancer initiative to test the effectiveness of treating adults and children with new drug combinations that target specific tumor alterations, the institute said on Thursday.

Known as the Combination Therapy Platform Trial with Molecular Analysis for Therapy Choice (ComboMATCH), the initiative is the largest of its kind to test combinations of cancer drugs guided by tumor biology.

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