Policy issues in the development of personalized medicine in oncology : workshop summary /

"One of the challenges in treating cancer is the disease's complexity and variation among patients. Cancer manifests differently in each patient, so treatments that are effective in one patient may not be effective in another. As cancer care becomes more personalized, subpopulations of ind...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autores Corporativos: National Cancer Policy Forum (U.S.), Institute of Medicine (U.S.). Board on Health Care Services
Otros Autores: Patlak, Margie, Levit, Laura A.
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Washington, D.C. : National Academies Press, ©2010.
Temas:
Cancer > Treatment > United States.
Medical policy > United States.
Medical care > United States.
Precision medicine.
National health services.
Medical policy.
Precision Medicine
Neoplasms > therapy
Health Services
Health Policy
State Medicine
Cancer > Traitement > États-Unis.
Politique sanitaire > États-Unis.
Médecine de précision.
Services de santé.
Politique sanitaire.
MEDICAL > Oncology.
HEALTH & FITNESS > Diseases > Cancer.
Precision medicine
National health services
Cancer > Treatment
Medical care
Medical policy
United States
Congress
proceedings (reports)
Conference papers and proceedings
Conference papers and proceedings.
Actes de congrès.
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Descripción
Sumario:"One of the challenges in treating cancer is the disease's complexity and variation among patients. Cancer manifests differently in each patient, so treatments that are effective in one patient may not be effective in another. As cancer care becomes more personalized, subpopulations of individuals will be given preventive or therapeutic interventions based on their susceptibility to a particular disease or their predicted response to a specific treatment. However, before the use of personalized cancer care can reach its full potential, the health care system must resolve a number of technological, regulatory, and reimbursement issues. To explore these policy challenges, the National Cancer Policy Forum held the workshop Policy Issues in the Development of Personalized Medicine in Oncology in June 2009. Experts provided presentations on the current state of personalized medicine technology, as well as issues in the validation of, regulation of, and reimbursement for the predictive tests that underpin personalized medicine. Participants discussed the obstacles and possible solutions to further developing and using personalized medicine technologies. This document summarizes the workshop."--Publisher's description.
Descripción Física:1 online resource (xii, 82 pages) : illustrations
Bibliografía:Includes bibliographical references (pages 65-70).
ISBN:9780309145763
0309145767
1282501356
9781282501355
9786612501357
6612501359

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