Open AccessGiving Up on Precision Oncology? Not So Fast!
Author(s) -
Warner JL
Publication year - 2017
Publication title -
clinical and translational science
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.303
H-Index - 44
eISSN - 1752-8062
pISSN - 1752-8054
DOI - 10.1111/cts.12457
Subject(s) - precision oncology , medicine , medical physics , medline , precision medicine , oncology , pathology , biology , biochemistry
The vision of matching the right patient to the right treatment at the right time has always been the Holy Grail of oncology. Until recently, very few cancer patients enjoyed the benefits of truly “personalized” a.k.a. precision therapy. With the exploding knowledge of tumor genotype, as well as increasingly available targeted treatment options, it seems that the era of precision cancer medicine is nigh. However, as with many new paradigms, there has been substantial pushback.