ASIN: B01085UAC4
Publisher: Lauren Powell
Pages: 19
With the use of our ever-growing genetic understanding, we are rapidly moving towards personalised cancer treatment. The availability and affordability of technologies allowing us to gain a comprehensive molecular characterisation of tumours and one’s own genetic make-up, brings personalised medicine right into the forefront of cancer treatment. Personalised medicine promises to be a potentially revolutionary new form of cancer treatment, with the use of indicators such as discrete genes and proteins to differentiate one cancer type from another and enable the use of targeted therapies. Lauren Powell explores exactly what personalised medicine is and investigates the opportunities and challenges that accompany its potential to become the greatest innovation yet in our fight to beat cancer.
