New drug targets rare gene fusions in multiple cancers
NCT ID NCT02568267
First seen Jun 24, 2026 · Last updated Aug 26, 2026 · Updated 3 times
Summary
This phase 2 study tests the drug entrectinib in over 500 people with advanced solid tumors that have specific gene changes (NTRK, ROS1, or ALK fusions). The goal is to see if the drug can shrink tumors and control the disease. Participants have various cancer types, including lung, breast, and brain cancers.
What this could mean
Our plain-language read of the trial. This is informational only, not medical advice or a prediction.
- Active substance
- entrectinib (a targeted cancer drug)
- What this could lead to
- If successful, this could provide a new treatment option for people with certain rare gene changes in their tumors, potentially shrinking or controlling their cancer.
- What could go wrong
- This is a mid-stage trial, so results are not yet proven. The drug may not work for all tumor types, and side effects are possible. It is not a cure.
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Study facts
What this study's own registry entry says, in plain language.
- Phase
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Phase 2
Tests whether the treatment actually works, and watches for side effects, in a larger group.
- Participants
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534 people
The number who actually took part.
- Started
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Nov 2015
- Expected to finish
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Jun 2027
An estimate. End dates often move.
- Lead sponsor
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A company
The lead sponsor is a pharmaceutical, biotech, or medical-device company.
Who can take part
This study's own entry requirements. Only the study team can say for certain whether you qualify.
- Ages
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18 years and older
- Sex
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Anyone
- Healthy volunteers
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Not accepted
This study is not open to healthy volunteers. The entry requirements below say who it is open to.
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Copied word for word from the study's registry entry, so the wording is the study team's rather than ours.
Inclusion Criteria: * Histologically- or cytologically-confirmed diagnosis of locally advanced or metastatic solid tumor that harbors an NTRK1/2/3, ROS1, or ALK gene rearrangement * For patients enrolled via local molecular testing, an archival or fresh tumor tissue (unless medically contraindicated) is required to be submitted for independent central molecular testing at Ignyta's CLIA laboratory post-enrollment * Measurable or evaluable disease * Patients with CNS involvement, including leptomeningeal carcinomatosis, which is either asymptomatic or previously-treated and controlled, are allowed * Prior anticancer therapy is allowed (excluding approved or investigational Trk, ROS1, or ALK inhibitors in patients who have tumors that harbor those respective gene rearrangements) \- Note: prior treatment with crizotinib is permitted only in ALK- or ROS1-rearranged NSCLC patients presenting with CNS-only progression. Other ALK inhibitors are prohibited. * At least 2 weeks or 5 half-lives, whichever is shorter, must have elapsed after prior chemotherapy or small molecule targeted therapy * At least 4 weeks must have elapsed since completion of antibody-directed therapy * Prior radiotherapy is allowed if more than 14 days have elapsed since the end of treatment * Eastern Cooperative Oncology Group (ECOG) performance status ≤ 2 and minimum life expectancy of 4 weeks * Adequate organ function as defined per protocol * Ability to swallow entrectinib intact * Other protocol specified criteria Exclusion Criteria: * Current participation in another therapeutic clinical trial * Prior treatment with approved or investigational Trk, ROS1, or ALK inhibitors in patients who have tumors that harbor those respective gene rearrangements \- Note: prior treatment with crizotinib is permitted only in ALK- or ROS1-rearranged NSCLC patients presenting with CNS-only progression. Other ALK inhibitors are prohibited. * History of other previous cancer that would interfere with the determination of safety or efficacy * Familial or personal history of congenital bone disorders, or bone metabolism alterations * Incomplete recovery from any surgery * History of recent (within the past 3 months) symptomatic congestive heart failure or ejection fraction ≤50% observed during screening for the study * History of non-pharmacologically induced prolonged QTc interval * History of additional risk factors for torsades de pointes * Peripheral neuropathy Grade ≥ 2 * Known active infections * Active gastrointestinal disease or other malabsorption syndromes * Known interstitial lung disease, interstitial fibrosis, or history of tyrosine kinase inhibitor-induced pneumonitis * Other protocol specified criteria
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Conditions
The condition(s) this trial relates to.
As listed by the trial registrant
The condition terms exactly as the trial's registrant entered them.
Contacts and locations
Locations
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Addenbrookes Hospital
Cambridge, CB2 0QQ, United Kingdom
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Advocate Medical Group - Park Ridge, Luther Lane - Oncology
Park Ridge, Illinois, 60068, United States
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Aichi Cancer Center Hospital
Aichi, 464-8681, Japan
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Asan Medical Center.
Seoul, 05505, South Korea
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Atrium Health Levine Cancer Institute
Charlotte, North Carolina, 28204, United States
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Austin Health
Heidelberg, Victoria, 3084, Australia
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Azienda Ospedaliera di Perugia Ospedale S. Maria della Misericordia
Perugia, Umbria, 6132, Italy
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Azienda Ospedaliero Universitaria Pisana
Pisa, Tuscany, 56126, Italy
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Azienda Socio Sanitaria Territoriale Niguarda (Ospedale Niguarda Ca' Granda)
Milan, Lombardy, 20162, Italy
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Baylor Scott & White Health
Temple, Texas, 76508, United States
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Beijing Cancer Hospital
Beijing, 100142, China
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Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center
Boston, Massachusetts, 02215, United States
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Cancer Center of Guangzhou Medical University
Guangzhou, 528400, China
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Cancer Treatment Centers of America
Tulsa, Oklahoma, 74133, United States
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Centre Leon Berard
Lyon, 69373, France
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Centro Nacional de Investigaciones Oncológicas(CNIO)
Fuenlabrada, Madrid, 28942, Spain
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Centrum Onkologii Instytut im. M. Sklodowskiej-Curie, Klinika Nowotworow Ukladu Chlonnego
Warsaw, 02-781, Poland
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Centrum Onkologii-Instytut im.M.Sklodowskiej Curie
Gliwice, 44-101, Poland
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City of Hope Cancer Center
Duarte, California, 91010, United States
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City of Hope Duarte - Comprehensive Cancer Center, Investigational Drug Services
Duarte, California, 91010, United States
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Comprehensive Cancer Centers of Nevada (CCCN) - Central Valley
Las Vegas, Nevada, 89169, United States
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Dana Farber Cancer Institute
Boston, Massachusetts, 02215, United States
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Dignity Health St Joseph's Hospital and Medical Center
Phoenix, Arizona, 85013, United States
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Duke Cancer Institute
Durham, North Carolina, 27710, United States
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Evang. Lungenklinik Berlin Klinik für Pneumologie
Berlin, 13125, Germany
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Flinders Medical Centre
Bedford Park, South Australia, 5042, Australia
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Florida Cancer Specialists - Sarasota
Sarasota, Florida, 34232, United States
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Fondazione IRCCS Istituto Nazionale dei Tumori
Milan, Lombardy, 20133, Italy
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Fudan University Shanghai Cancer Center
Shanghai, 200120, China
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Georgetown University Medical Center Lombardi Cancer Center
Washington D.C., District of Columbia, 20007, United States
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H. Lee Moffitt Cancer Center and Research Inst.
Tampa, Florida, 33612-9497, United States
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Harbin Medical University Cancer Hospital
Harbin, Heilongjiang, 150081, China
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Henry Ford Hospital
Detroit, Michigan, 48202, United States
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Hospital Clinico Universitario Virgen de la Victoria
Málaga, 29010, Spain
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Hospital Universitario 12 de Octubre
Madrid, 28041, Spain
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Hospital Universitario Clínico San Carlos
Madrid, 28040, Spain
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Hospital Universitario La Paz
Madrid, 28046, Spain
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Hospital Universitario Ramon y Cajal
Madrid, 28034, Spain
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Hospital Universitario Virgen del Rocio
Seville, 41013, Spain
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Hyogo Cancer Center, Dept of Respiratory Medicine
Hyōgo, 673-8558, Japan
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Hôpital Nord - AP-HM Marseille#
Marseille, 13915, France
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Hôpital de la Timone
Marseille, 13385, France
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IOV - Istituto Oncologico Veneto - IRCCS
Padova, Veneto, 35128, Italy
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Institut Bergonie
Bordeaux, 33076, France
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Institut Claudius Regaud
Toulouse, 31059, France
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Institut Curie
Paris, 75005, France
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Institut Gustave Roussy
Villejuif, 94805, France
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Institut de Cancerologie de l Ouest
Angers, 49055, France
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Institut de Recherche en Cancérologie de Montpellier
Montpellier, 34090, France
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Karmanos Cancer Center
Detroit, Michigan, 48201, United States
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Kindai University Hospital
Osaka, 589-8511, Japan
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Leids Universitair Medisch Centrum
Leiden, 2333 ZA, Netherlands
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Levine Cancer Institute
Charlotte, North Carolina, 28204, United States
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Liverpool Hospital
Liverpool, New South Wales, 2170, Australia
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Mary Crowley Medical Research Center
Dallas, Texas, 75230, United States
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Massachusetts General Hosp CAR
Boston, Massachusetts, 02114, United States
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Massachusetts General Hospital
Boston, Massachusetts, 02114, United States
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Mayo Clinic
Phoenix, Arizona, 85054, United States
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Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center
New York, New York, 10022, United States
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Midwestern Regional Medical Center
Zion, Illinois, 60099, United States
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Miyagi Cancer Center
Miyagi, 981-1293, Japan
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Moffitt Cancer Center
Tampa, Florida, 33612-9497, United States
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NCT Uniklinikum Heidelberg
Heidelberg, 69120, Germany
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NHO Shikoku Cancer Center
Matsuyama, 791-0280, Japan
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National Cancer Center Hospital
Chūō, 104-0045, Japan
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National Cancer Centre Singapore
Singapore, 168583, Singapore
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National Cheng Kung University Hospital
Tainan, 70457, Taiwan
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National Taiwan University Hospital
Taipei, 00100, Taiwan
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National University Hospital
Singapore, 119228, Singapore
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Newcastle Private Hospital
Newcastle, New South Wales, 2305, Australia
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Niigata Cancer Center Hospital
Niigata, 951-8566, Japan
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North Shore Hem Onc Associates
East Setauket, New York, 11733, United States
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Northwestern University
Chicago, Illinois, 60611, United States
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OSU, James Cancer Hospital
Columbus, Ohio, 43210, United States
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Ohio State University
Columbus, Ohio, 43210, United States
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Oregon Health & Science Univ
Portland, Oregon, 97239, United States
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Oregon Health & Science University
Portland, Oregon, 97239-3098, United States
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Osaka City General Hospital
Osaka, 534-0021, Japan
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Pharmacy
Edegem, 2650, Belgium
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Princess Margaret Hospital
Hong Kong, Hong Kong
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Queen Elizabeth Hospital
Kowloon, Hong Kong
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Regents of the University of Minnesota
Minneapolis, Minnesota, 55455, United States
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Samsung Medical Center
Seoul, 06351, South Korea
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Sarah Cannon Research Institute
London, W1G 6AD, United Kingdom
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Sarcoma Oncology Center
Santa Monica, California, 90403, United States
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Sarcoma Oncology Research Center LLC
Santa Monica, California, 90403, United States
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Scripps Clinic
La Jolla, California, 92037, United States
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Seconda Università degli Studi di Napoli
Naples, Campania, 80131, Italy
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Seoul National University Hospital
Seoul, 03080, South Korea
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Severance Hospital, Yonsei University Health System
Seoul, 120-752, South Korea
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Shanghai chest hospital
Shanghai, 200030, China
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Shenzhen People's Hospital
Shenzhen, 510852, China
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Shizuoka Cancer Center
Shizuoka, 411-8777, Japan
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Sichuan Cancer Hospital
Chengdu, Sichuan, 610041, China
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Southeastern Regional Medical Center, Inc.
Newnan, Georgia, 30265, United States
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Southern California Kaiser Permanente
Los Angeles, California, 90027, United States
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Szpital Kliniczny Przemienienia Panskiego Uni. Medycznego im. Karola Marcinkowskiego
Późna, 60-569, Poland
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Taipei Veterans General Hospital
Taipei, 11217, Taiwan
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The Chinese University of Hong Kong
Shatin, 123456, Hong Kong
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The Christie
Manchester, M20 4BX, United Kingdom
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The University of Hong Kong
Hong Kong, Hong Kong
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UCSF Mission Bay
San Francisco, California, 94158, United States
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UCSF Mount Zion Medical Ctr
San Francisco, California, 94115, United States
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Union Hospital Tongji Medical College Huazhong University of Science and Technology
Wuhan, Hubei, 430023, China
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Univ Of California Irvine College Of Medicine
Orange, California, 92868, United States
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Universitaetsklinikum Koeln
Cologne, 50937, Germany
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Universitaetsmedizin Goettingen
Göttingen, 37075, Germany
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University Cancer & Blood Center, LLC
Athens, Georgia, 30607, United States
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University of California San Diego Moores Cancer Center
La Jolla, California, 92093, United States
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University of Colorado Cancer Center
Aurora, Colorado, 80045, United States
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Università Campus Bio-Medico di Roma
Rome, Lazio, 128, Italy
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Uniwersyteckie Centrum Kliniczne
Gda?sk, 80-214, Poland
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Vall d?Hebron Institute of Oncology (VHIO), Barcelona
Barcelona, 08035, Spain
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Virginia Cancer Specialists, PC
Fairfax, Virginia, 22031, United States
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Virginia Oncology Associates - Hampton
Norfolk, Virginia, 23502, United States
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Washington University
St Louis, Missouri, 63128, United States
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Weinberg Cancer Institution at Franklin Square
Baltimore, Maryland, 21237, United States
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Winship Cancer Institute
Atlanta, Georgia, 30322, United States
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Yale University
New Haven, Connecticut, 6519, United States
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Zhejiang Cancer Hospital
Hangzhou, 310022, China
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