The Status of the Standard of Care for Cancer Patients

Alex A. Adjei, MD, PhD, FACP

Video Categories: Personalized Medicine

Dr. Alex Adjei discusses how the standard of care for cancer patients has improved overt he last few years, but there is still a great need for new treatments designed to help a broader range of cancer patients.

July 29, 2015

Personalized Medicine’s Impact on Cancer Care

Dr. Jorge Cortes provides examples of how personalized or precision medicine has positively impacted the approach to cancer care, citing the benefits of FLT3 inhibitors, IDH inhibitors, and MEK inhibitors, and other targeted treatments.

July 29, 2015

Making Cancer Care More Cost-Effective

Dr. Alex Adjei offers options to make cancer care more cost-effective, such as selecting only patients who will benefit from treatment and continuing to offer treatments that will allow patients to remain in the workforce.