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personalized medicine

A medical model emphasizing the systematic use of information about an individual patient to select or optimize that patient's medical management. see precision medicine for multigene mutational profiling Notes: - use of genomics &/or proteomics is reshaping personalized medicine - efforts to treat cancer based chromosomal aberrations (gene mutations, gene deletions, chromosomal translocations) rather than cancer type [3] - computer simulations estimating effect of improved screening & risk prediction to treat people at risk for common conditions is predicated on the assumptions that aggressive treatment will improve outcomes in high-risk individuals & that identification of high-risk individuals will motivate them to change their lifesytles [4]

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  1. Wikipedia: Pesonalized Medicine http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Personalized_medicine
  2. Ashley EA et al. Clinical assessment incorporating a personal genome. Lancet 2010 May 1; 375:1525. PMID: 20435227 - Samani NJ et al. The personal genome - The future of personalised medicine? Lancet 2010 May 1; 375:1497
  3. Orciari Herman A, Sofair A, Chavey WE Effort Aims to Treat Cancer Based on Gene Mutations, Not Cancer Type. Physician's First Watch, Feb 27, 2015 David G. Fairchild, MD, MPH, Editor-in-Chief Massachusetts Medical Society http://www.jwatch.org - Colata G A Faster Way to Try Many Drugs on Many Cancers. New York Times. Feb 25, 2015 http://www.nytimes.com/2015/02/26/health/fast-track-attacks-on-cancer-accelerate-hopes.html?_r=0
  4. Husten L, Sadoughi S, Saitz R Advocates Say Precision Medicine Could Lead to Enormous Benefits. Physician's First Watch, May 7, 2015 David G. Fairchild, MD, MPH, Editor-in-Chief Massachusetts Medical Society http://www.jwatch.org - Dzau VJ, Ginsburg GS, Van Nuys K et al Aligning incentives to fulfil the promise of personalised medicine. Lancet. May 6, 2015 PMID: 25957453 http://www.thelancet.com/journals/lancet/article/PIIS0140-6736%2815%2960722-X/abstract
  5. Cornetta K, Brown CG. Balancing personalized medicine and personalized care. Acad Med. 2013 Mar;88(3):309-13. PMID: 23348082 Free PMC Article
  6. Personalized Medicine Coalition http://www.personalizedmedicinecoalition.org/