In This Issue: Personalized Medicine

In this issue of The Oncologist e offe se e iffe ent ie s of the entit no n s Personalized Medicine he on e t of fittin the to the enot e of the in i i u tu o h s st on tion e n e e i en e of su ess o e e s ointe out in the su ee in o ent ies the on e t is neithe ne no ti u st i htfo in its e e ution n on o the ito in hief of i son’s Principles of Internal Medicine and the e ut dito of the New England Journal of Medicine and an on o o ist of eat e ute add esses the no e t of the on e t and i ht a es the oint that ood do to s ha e indi idua i ed the a fo de ades he o e u a e o ution has on added a ne di en sion to hat has een the standa d of ood edi a a ti e to offe the est t eat ent to ea h atient and a ain the I ediate ast esi dent of the e i an o iet of ini a n o o e inds us of the ea ionee in o of ane oo e i ht one of the fi st f i an e i an on o o ists ho used in it o tu o testin as the asis fo ationa i in the a a on e t that ed to a nu e of unsu essfu atte ts to de e o edi ti e tu o ased assa s fo d u sensiti it a a e and ete e distin uished esea he s in an e eno i s and t ans a tiona esea h a ue fo a a an e et een the finan ia e a ds ea ed s onso s of su essfu d u s and the needs of a atients fo a ess to ne e t a a ant i ed edi ations a es o osho the e ut i e to of the ationa an e Institute and a noted t ans ationa on o o ist a es a ea fo a efu studies of d u e hanis s of a tion u f ont in su e t of ou hase I t ia s to a o us to atio na i e d u de e o ent and in ou ho es on a inne athe than s endin f uit ess effo ts on d u s that iss thei ta ets d iu and at i ohnston t o outstand in ont i uto s to o e u a edi ine a ue fo e anded enot in effo ts in the a a de i ente s as the in h in of d u de e o ent fo ha a and the iote h indust he i ht see the e ationshi of a ade ia and indust as essentia to o ess in an e d u de e o ent s a fina thou ht o ea ues at as sa husetts ene a os ita and I note that the ene a a i ation of ne no ed e of e sona i ed edi ine i u ti ate de end on the a ai a i it of o e u a tests an issue no ein add essed in an u o ean ount ies ut on a tia the f ee a et s ste in the nited tates It is sti un e tain hat f a tion of so id o i uid tu o s i ha e an a tiona e and identifi a e d i e utation o d u a e ta et one the ess the on e t of indi idua i ed the a dese es ou fu attention as the fo e ost u ent a oa h to an e d u de e o ent