Personalised cancer medicine : future crafting in the genomic era /

What does it mean to personalise cancer medicine? Drawing on an ethnographic study with cancer patients, carers and practitioners in the UK, this book traces their efforts to access and interpret novel genomic tests, information and treatments as they craft personal and collective futures. Exploring...

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Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autores principales: Kerr, Anne, 1969- (Autor), Chekar, Choon Key (Autor), Ross, Emily (Medical sociologist) (Autor), Swallow, Julia Elizabeth (Autor), Cunningham-Burley, Sarah (Autor)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Manchester : Manchester University Press, 2021.
Colección:Inscriptions (Manchester University Press)
Temas:
Cancer > Gene therapy > Social aspects > Great Britain.
Cancer > Treatment > Great Britain.
Genomics > Great Britain.
Precision medicine > Great Britain.
Precision medicine.
Neoplasms > therapy
Precision Medicine.
Cancer > Thérapie génique > Aspect social > Grande-Bretagne.
Cancer > Traitement > Grande-Bretagne.
Génomique > Grande-Bretagne.
Médecine de précision > Grande-Bretagne.
Médecine de précision.
Cancer > Treatment
Genomics
Precision medicine
Great Britain
cancer.
care.
futures.
genomics.
oncology.
participation.
patients.
personalised medicine.
precision medicine.
technoscience.
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Front matter
  • Contents
  • Acknowledgements
  • Introduction
  • 1 Personalising cancer treatment and diagnosis through genomic medicine
  • 2 Genomic techniques in standard care
  • 3 Molecular profiling for advanced gynaecological cancer
  • 4 Optimising personalisation
  • 5 Genomics at scale
  • 6 Going private
  • 7 At the limits of participation
  • Conclusion
  • Bibliography
  • Index

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