Make precision medicine work for cancer care

To achieve the level of success in precision medicine for cancer care that US President Barack Obama and others are anticipating, sequence data needs to be linked, in real time, to the patient sitting in front of his or her doctor. Integrated genomic and clinical data will also need to be available,...

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Published inNature (London) Vol. 520; no. 7547; p. 290
Main Author Rubin, Mark A
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published London Nature Publishing Group 16.04.2015
Subjects
Cancer
Cancer therapies
Clinical trials
Drugs
Family medical history
FDA approval
Genomes
Medicine
Mutation
Patients
Tumors
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Summary:To achieve the level of success in precision medicine for cancer care that US President Barack Obama and others are anticipating, sequence data needs to be linked, in real time, to the patient sitting in front of his or her doctor. Integrated genomic and clinical data will also need to be available, in a searchable way, to a broad community of practitioners and researchers. Prototypes for centralized data banks are showing promise, but serious and sustained investment is needed to scale them up.
ISSN:0028-0836
1476-4687
DOI:10.1038/520290a