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Disclosures: Dr Goodwin reports equity ownership in Pronai Therapeutics and Champions Oncology. Dr Lara reports consulting fees from Pfizer, Aveo, Teva, Janssin, Medivation, Exelixis, Genentech, and Astellas. Dr Gandara reports consulting fees from Amgen, AstraZeneca, Boehringer-Ingelheim, BMS/ImClone, Celgene, GlaxoSmithKline, Genentech, Merck, Novartis, Pfizer, Sanofi-Aventis, Synta, and Response Genetics and research funding from Abbott, BMS/ImClone, Genentech,Lilly, Merck, Novartis, and Pfizer. All other authors have nothing to disclose with regard to commercial support.