Projects
Research Partnerships

ctMoniTR Project
ctDNA is genetic material from cancer cells naturally found in the bloodstream. ctDNA to Monitor Treatment Response (ctMoniTR) is a first of its kind partnership to answer the question: Do changes in ctDNA reflect response to treatment?
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HRD Harmonization Project
The Homologous Recombination Deficiency (HRD) Harmonization Project will support future use of assays that measure HRD for treatment decision making by examining sources of variability across tests and identifying opportunities for alignment.
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TMB Harmonization Project
The Tumor Mutational Burden (TMB) Harmonization Project supports the use of assays that measure TMB for treatment decision making by examining sources of variability across assays and identifying opportunities for alignment.
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Real-World Evidence Portfolio
The Friends of Cancer Research Real-World Evidence portfolio develops and establishes methodology for using RWD to demonstrate benefit to patients.
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Policy & Regulatory Initiatives

Cell & Gene Therapies
Advancements in cancer immunology and recent clinical experience with emerging cellular therapeutics have the potential to rapidly change cancer treatment and represents a new treatment paradigm.
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Clinical Trial Eligibility Criteria
The American Society of Clinical Oncology and Friends of Cancer Research jointly issued new recommendations to further efforts to broaden eligibility criteria in cancer clinical trials with the goal of making clinical trials more accessible to patients.
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COVID-19
The COVID-19 Evidence Accelerator is an initiative launched by the Reagan-Udall Foundation for the FDA in collaboration with Friends of Cancer Research to provide a unique venue for major data organizations, government and academic researchers, and health systems to gather and design quick turnaround queries and share their results.
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Lung-MAP
Lung-MAP is a first-of-its-kind clinical trial model that uses a multi-drug, targeted screening approach to match patients with sub-studies testing investigational new treatments based on their unique tumor profiles.
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Tolerability & Dosing
Friends of Cancer Research has convened a multi-stakeholder working group to develop a working definition of tolerability that better encompasses patient experience.
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Analyses

Data Driven Insights
Friends has created a series of interactive dashboards as a tool to gain data driven insights into the landscape of oncology drug development and FDA drug approvals.
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Breakthrough Therapies
Working with our partners in all sectors, Friends took ‘Breakthrough’ from concept, to scientific whitepaper, to bipartisan legislative solution, to a tool in full use by FDA to expedite the approval of multiple drugs in 13 months.
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