Article
Improving the power of diagnostics in the era of targeted therapy and personalized healthcare.
Current opinion in drug discovery & development - 1 Mar 2010
Walk Eric E
Abstract excerpt
The field of diagnostics has unprecedented opportunities to contribute to the practice of medicine in the era of targeted therapy and personalized healthcare. Rather than simply providing information regarding the presence and classification of disease, innovative molecular diagnostic tests will directly inform patient-management decisions, such as which targeted therapies to prescribe or whether a patient should...
Topics
- Drug Design
- Humans
- Molecular Diagnostic Techniques
- Mutation
- Neoplasms
- Pathology, Molecular
- Personal Health Services
- Pharmacogenetics
- Reimbursement Mechanisms