DRUG COMBINATIONS FOR TARGETING MULTIPLE MUTATIONS IN CANCER

摘要

Disclosed are methods for treating a cancer in a patient. The method comprises: (a) defining a set of substances targeting pathogenic genes identified by screening of a sample of cancer cells from a patient by NGS or other technique, (b) identifying two or more target genes in the cancer cells, each of which containing an actionable mutation and (c) testing, using in vitro culture cell experiments, the efficacy of one or more substances (administered sequentially or concurrently) targeting the actionable mutation for each of the two or more target genes identified and (d) designating potential efficacious therapeutic options that will be used to treat the patient's cancer.