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NCI-MATCH Sees Lots of Enthusiasm in Initial Months; Not Many Matches

Jan 22, 2016
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Turna Ray
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NEW YORK (GenomeWeb) – Enthusiasm for participating in the National Cancer Institute's MATCH trial has been higher than investigators expected, but, according to researchers knowledgeable of the project, the study hasn't yet "matched" many patients to treatments based on the genomic markers driving their disease.

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