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Personalized medicine and pharmacogenetic biomarkers: progress in molecular oncology testing.

ABSTRACT: In the field of oncology, clinical molecular diagnostics and biomarker discoveries are constantly advancing as the intricate molecular mechanisms that transform a normal cell into an aberrant state in concert with the dysregulation of alternative complementary pathways are increasingly understood. Progress in biomarker technology, coupled with the companion clinical diagnostic laboratory tests, continue to advance this field, where individualized and customized treatment appropriate for each individual patient define the standard of care. Here, we discuss the current commonly used predictive pharmacogenetic biomarkers in clinical oncology molecular testing: BRAF V600E for vemurafenib in melanoma; EML4-ALK for crizotinib and EGFR for erlotinib and gefitinib in non-small-cell lung cancer; KRAS against the use of cetuximab and panitumumab in colorectal cancer; ERBB2 (HER2/neu) for trastuzumab in breast cancer; BCR-ABL for tyrosine kinase inhibitors in chronic myeloid leukemia; and PML/RAR? for all-trans-retinoic acid and arsenic trioxide treatment for acute promyelocytic leukemia.

SUBMITTER: Ong FS

PROVIDER: S-EPMC3495985 | biostudies-literature | 2012 Jul

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature

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Personalized medicine and pharmacogenetic biomarkers: progress in molecular oncology testing.

Ong Frank S FS Das Kingshuk K Wang Jay J Vakil Hana H Kuo Jane Z JZ Blackwell Wendell-Lamar B WL Lim Stephen W SW Goodarzi Mark O MO Bernstein Kenneth E KE Rotter Jerome I JI Grody Wayne W WW

Expert review of molecular diagnostics 20120701 6

In the field of oncology, clinical molecular diagnostics and biomarker discoveries are constantly advancing as the intricate molecular mechanisms that transform a normal cell into an aberrant state in concert with the dysregulation of alternative complementary pathways are increasingly understood. Progress in biomarker technology, coupled with the companion clinical diagnostic laboratory tests, continue to advance this field, where individualized and customized treatment appropriate for each ind ...[more]

PMID: 22845480

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Personalized medicine and pharmacogenetic biomarkers: progress in molecular oncology testing.

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Personalized medicine and pharmacogenetic biomarkers: progress in molecular oncology testing.

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