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S.B.G. reports research funding from AstraZeneca, Boehringer Ingelheim and Mirati, and consulting for AstraZeneca, Boehringer Ingelheim, Bristol-Myers Squibb, Genentech, Amgen, Blueprint Medicine, Sanofi Genzyme, Daiichi-Sankyo, Takeda, Janssen, Summit Therapeutics, Merck and Regeneron. M.J.G. declares no competing interests.
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Grant, M.J., Goldberg, S.B. Precise, pragmatic and inclusive: the modern era of oncology clinical trials. Nat Med 29, 1908–1909 (2023). https://doi.org/10.1038/s41591-023-02466-6
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