https://lnkd.in/gbdeS3RE As important a paper, in Journal of Clinical Oncology, in recent years in the field of #ocularoncology and #ocularmelanoma was just brought forth by the Collaborative Ocular Oncology Group, lead by J William Harbour, MD at UT Southwestern. A multi-country effort that has now validated gene expression profiling as well as PRAME, as a risk modifier, in a very clinically relevant patient population. With over 1500 patients followed for over 42 months, a new 4 group stratification predicts melanoma-specific survival at 98.8% for the lowest risk compared to 61% for the highest risk groups. This information will inform clinicians, patients, and - most importantly- clinical trial entry into the future. National Cancer Institute (NCI), Castle Biosciences, Inc.Byers Eye Institute at Stanford, American Society of Clinical Oncology (ASCO), Journal of Clinical Oncology, Zelia Correa, Amy Schefler, Miguel Materin, Thomas Aaberg Jr, Alison Skillet, Ezekiel Weis, Ivana Kim, Scott Walter, Brian Marr, Basil Williams, Scott Oliver, James Dollar, Song Zhang, Tony Tsai, David Reichstein, @eugene Shildkrot, @devron char, Demirci Hakan, @Cameron javid, @dan gomobos, JayPeter Hovland, Christina D.,
So incredibly proud to be a part of this #collaborative #ocularoncology group (COOG) effort 🙌 From the initial #bioinformatic quest to identify PRAME in J William Harbour, MD’s lab at Bascom Palmer Eye Institute to the multi-center validation of its clinical significance in the largest #clinicalstudy of #uvealmelanoma ever conducted! Kudos to all of the COOG investigators and our industry partners at Castle Biosciences, Inc.
Important work - my deepest Congratulations
Congratulations everyone!
Professor & Chair, Department of Ophthalmology, University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center
3moAmazing collaborative international effort by the major ocular oncologists in the United States and Canada.