What Does Personalized Medicine Really Mean?
Precision treatment focuses on the genetic 'fingerprint' of cancer.
By Lisa Esposito, Staff Writer |Jan. 26, 2018, at 2:39 p.m.
If you have cancer, "it's a match," is major news when the genetic makeup of your tumor makes it vulnerable to a targeted treatment.
One size doesn't fit all is a tenet of personalized medicine, also called precision medicine. Even within a single type of cancer, tumor types differ from one patient to another. It makes sense that treatment should be individualized, as well.
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