Date: 02/24/2015

Final
Presentation on Personalized Medicine by the CU Cancer Center

HOUSE COMMITTEE ON PUBLIC HEALTH CARE & HUMAN SERVICES

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01:33 PM -- Presentation on Personalized Medicine University of Colorado Cancer Center

Dr. Dan Theodorescu, University of Colorado Comprehensive Cancer Center, introduced his presentation on precision medicine at the University of Colorado Cancer Center and distributed a handout to the committee (Attachment A). He gave an overview of the center, and described the consortium that comprises the center. He described the National Comprehensive Cancer Network and the Oncology Research Information Exchange Network. He noted that the center had 10,757 new patient visits in 2013. He described the research that the center has undertaken for various types of cancer.

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01:45 PM

Dr. Theodorescu described precision medicine, which is applied to cancer diagnoses. It includes making an accurate and timely diagnoses and using precision medicine after the diagnosis to establish the risk associated with the cancer. He described the clinical practices of the center and the services that are provided to patients and their families. He explained that, at the center, physicians have access to patient genetic information, treatment standards of care for particular types of cancer, and information on clinical trials that may be available to the patients.

01:52 PM

Dr. Theodorescu described the research efforts that are underway for bladder cancer treatments. He described a new cancer drug that may be used in the treatment of various cancers. He described the goals of the center, which include being in the top ten cancer centers in the nation, being the first cancer center in the nation to study and deploy innovative precision medicine approaches statewide, being the first cancer center in the nation to have a biotechnology incubator, and being competitive for national funding opportunities. Dr. Theodorescu discussed the state funding for cancer centers in other states. He responded to questions from the committee. The committee took a brief recess.