Precision Medicine: Cancer and Genomics

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Precision Medicine: Cancer and Genomics

What is “precision medicine? Information from the National Cancer Institute

Impact of cancer genomics on precision medicine for the treatment of cancer, from the Cancer Genome Atlas, NCI

US precision-medicine proposal sparks questions, by Sara Reardon, Nature News, Jan 22

Obama's 'precision medicine' means gene mapping, NBC News, Jan 21

What is President Obama's 'precision medicine' plan, and how might it help you? By Lenny Bernstein, Jan 21

Obama proposes new Precision Medicine Initiative for genetic treatments,  by Russell Brandom, The Verge, Jan 20

U.S. developing large-scale genomics project, Biocentury, Jan 16

Recent reviews

Companion diagnostics: the key to personalized medicine.
Jørgensen JT. Expert Rev Mol Diagn. 2015 Feb;15(2):153-6

Promoting precision cancer medicine through a community-driven knowledgebase.
Geifman N, et al. J Pers Med. 2014 Dec 15;4(4):475-88.

Toward a prostate cancer precision medicine.
Rubin MA. Urol Oncol. 2014 Nov 20.

Prioritizing targets for precision cancer medicine.
Andre F, et al. Ann Oncol. 2014 Dec;25(12):2295-303

Toward precision medicine with next-generation EGFR inhibitors in non-small-cell lung cancer.
Yap TA, Popat S. Pharmgenomics Pers Med. 2014 Sep 19;7:285-95.

Genomically driven precision medicine to improve outcomes in anaplastic thyroid cancer.
Pinto N, et al.  J Oncol. 2014;936285

Translating genomics for precision cancer medicine.
Roychowdhury S, Chinnaiyan AM. Annu Rev Genomics Hum Genet. 2014;15:395-415

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