rare-cancers
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| Cancers | Other tags | ||||
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Alice P. Chen Medical oncologist, Division of Cancer Treatment and Diagnosis, National Cancer Institute · National Cancer Institute (NIH) NCI oncologist who led the trial that showed atezolizumab produces lasting responses in alveolar soft part sarcoma, the first approved treatment for this rare cancer. | Alveolar soft part sarcoma, Sarcomas | none | sarcoma, immunotherapy, trialist | ||
Andrew J. Wagner Sarcoma medical oncologist, Dana-Farber Cancer Institute · Dana-Farber Brigham Cancer Center Boston sarcoma doctor who first showed that mTOR inhibitors shrink perivascular epithelioid cell tumours and then led AMPECT, the trial that made nab-sirolimus the first approved treatment for these rare cancers. | Perivascular epithelioid cell tumour, Sarcomas | none | sarcoma, targeted-therapy, trialist | ||
Richard D. Carvajal Deputy Physician-in-Chief and Director of Medical Oncology, Northwell Health Cancer Institute · Northwell Health Cancer Institute Melanoma oncologist who led the tebentafusp programme in the United States and defined targeted therapy for rare melanoma subtypes. | Uveal melanoma, Melanoma | none | uveal-melanoma | ||
Scott R. Plotkin Neuro-oncologist and Director of the Family Center for Neurofibromatosis, Massachusetts General Hospital · Massachusetts General Hospital Cancer Center Boston neuro-oncologist who showed that bevacizumab can shrink vestibular schwannomas and restore hearing in people with neurofibromatosis type 2. | Vestibular schwannoma, Brain and spinal cord tumours | none | brain, trialist | ||
Silvia Stacchiotti Medical Oncologist, Adult Mesenchymal Tumour and Rare Cancer Unit, Fondazione IRCCS Istituto Nazionale dei Tumori, Milan · Fondazione IRCCS Istituto Nazionale dei Tumori Italian oncologist who leads histology-specific trials in ultra-rare sarcomas and the Connective Tissue Oncology Society. | Sarcomas | none | sarcoma, italy |