Developing optimal combination strategies for molecularly targeted anticancer drugs is substantially more complex than for traditional chemotherapies. Here, Doroshow and colleagues discuss the lessons learned from the evaluation of combinations of molecularly targeted anticancer agents by the US National Cancer Institute (NCI), and highlight several new approaches that the NCI has initiated to improve the effectiveness of such combinations.
- Shivanni Kummar
- Helen X. Chen
- James H. Doroshow