The lab's involvement will increase opportunities for cancer patients in these rural states to enroll in the trial and access molecularly informed treatments.
The pandemic has underscored the importance of "bringing the trial to the patient," a concept that is likely to persist, particularly in precision oncology.
Given the rarity of NTRK fusions, the company is also rolling out a free testing program to identify NTRK fusion-positive patients who would benefit from treatment.
With studies showing BRCA-mutated patients have a greater magnitude of benefit, oncologists grapple with complex treatment decisions in BRCA mutation-free cases.
The gap in care suggests that more education and decision support tools are needed to help physicians prescribe drugs based on highly actionable tumor alterations, researchers said.
