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Vivek Subbiah, MD, on RET Fusion–Positive Cancers: Efficacy of Selpercatinib

AACR Annual Meeting 2021

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Vivek Subbiah, MD, of The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, discusses data on selpercatinib that showed promising activity across a variety of RET fusion–positive cancers, including treatment-refractory gastrointestinal malignancies. This analysis highlights the need for genomic profiling to identify actionable oncogenic drivers.



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