Forget lung, breast or prostate cancer: why tumour naming needs to change

Fabrice André; Elie Rassy; Aurélien Marabelle; Stefan Michiels; Benjamin Besse

doi:10.1038/d41586-024-00216-3

Forget lung, breast or prostate cancer: why tumour naming needs to change

Fabrice André, Elie Rassy, Aurélien Marabelle, Stefan Michiels, Benjamin Besse

Research output: Contribution to journal › Comment/debate

18 Citations (Scopus)

Abstract

The conventional way of classifying metastatic cancers according to their organ of origin is denying people access to drugs that could help them.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	26-29
Number of pages	4
Journal	Nature
Volume	626
Issue number	7997
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1038/d41586-024-00216-3
Publication status	Published - 1 Feb 2024

Keywords

Cancer
Drug discovery
Health care
Medical research

Access to Document

10.1038/d41586-024-00216-3

Cite this

@article{e56ac4080924454aa25a7f69301a9765,

title = "Forget lung, breast or prostate cancer: why tumour naming needs to change",

abstract = "The conventional way of classifying metastatic cancers according to their organ of origin is denying people access to drugs that could help them.",

keywords = "Cancer, Drug discovery, Health care, Medical research",

author = "Fabrice Andr{\'e} and Elie Rassy and Aur{\'e}lien Marabelle and Stefan Michiels and Benjamin Besse",

note = "Publisher Copyright: {\textcopyright} Springer Nature Limited 2024.",

year = "2024",

month = feb,

day = "1",

doi = "10.1038/d41586-024-00216-3",

language = "English",

volume = "626",

pages = "26--29",

journal = "Nature",

issn = "0028-0836",

number = "7997",

}

TY - JOUR

T1 - Forget lung, breast or prostate cancer

T2 - why tumour naming needs to change

AU - André, Fabrice

AU - Rassy, Elie

AU - Marabelle, Aurélien

AU - Michiels, Stefan

AU - Besse, Benjamin

N1 - Publisher Copyright: © Springer Nature Limited 2024.

PY - 2024/2/1

Y1 - 2024/2/1

N2 - The conventional way of classifying metastatic cancers according to their organ of origin is denying people access to drugs that could help them.

AB - The conventional way of classifying metastatic cancers according to their organ of origin is denying people access to drugs that could help them.

KW - Cancer

KW - Drug discovery

KW - Health care

KW - Medical research

UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=85185131385&partnerID=8YFLogxK

U2 - 10.1038/d41586-024-00216-3

DO - 10.1038/d41586-024-00216-3

M3 - Comment/debate

C2 - 38347121

AN - SCOPUS:85185131385

SN - 0028-0836

VL - 626

SP - 26

EP - 29

JO - Nature

JF - Nature

IS - 7997

ER -

Forget lung, breast or prostate cancer: why tumour naming needs to change

Abstract

Keywords

Access to Document

Other files and links

Cite this