Posted by: biotechbeachbum | August 11, 2009

Amgen’s Personalized Strategy for Cancer Pays Off in Big Colon Cancer Trial | Xconomy

An exciting success story for personalized medicine – Amgen demonstrates that its colon cancer treatment Vectibix works markedly better for patients without a mutated KRAS gene. Whether this drug is worth $8000 a month for you or not can be predicted by a single SNP biomarker.

http://www.xconomy.com/national/2009/08/10/amgens-personalized-strategy-for-cancer-pays-off-in-big-colon-cancer-trial/


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