| Literature DB >> 24831275 |
William Douglas Figg1, David R Newell1.
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Clinical pharmacologic research plays a vital role in cancer drug development. In recent years, biomarker studies have become integral to this process, specifically the use of pharmacologic biomarkers in the development of targeted therapies and their translation to clinical practice. In this overview, we discuss the validation of pharmacodynamics (PD) biomarkers and highlight the circulating tumor DNA as a promising cancer biomarker to illustrate how PD biomarkers can be powerful tools for guiding treatment strategies. We provide insights into PD biomarker approaches for future development of novel therapies and their role in cancer medicine. See all articles in this CCR focus section, "Progress in pharmacodynamic endpoints." ©2014 American Association for Cancer Research.Entities:
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Year: 2014 PMID: 24831275 PMCID: PMC4024707 DOI: 10.1158/1078-0432.CCR-14-0511
Source DB: PubMed Journal: Clin Cancer Res ISSN: 1078-0432 Impact factor: 12.531