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Cancer drug targeting ‘gene fusions’ has 93% response rate in children

In In The News by Barbara Jacoby

A drug targeting a gene fusion that occurs across many types of cancer was effective in 93 percent of pediatric patients, researchers at UT Southwestern’s Simmons Cancer Center announced. The drug is the first cancer drug to receive FDA-breakthrough therapy designation for patients with a specific gene fusion, no matter the site of origin of the cancer. The research appears …