Cancer Biomarkers: The Promises and Challenges of Improving Detection and Treatment - Softcover

Institute Of Medicine; Committee On Developing Biomarker-Based

 
9780309103862: Cancer Biomarkers: The Promises and Challenges of Improving Detection and Treatment
Softcover
ISBN 10: 030910386X ISBN 13: 9780309103862
Verlag: NATL ACADEMY PR, 2007

Inhaltsangabe

Many cancer patients are diagnosed at a stage in which the cancer is too far advanced to be cured, and most cancer treatments are effective in only a minority of patients undergoing therapy. Thus, there is tremendous opportunity to improve the outcome for people with cancer by enhancing detection and treatment approaches. Biomarkers will be instrumental in making that transition. Advances in biotechnology and genomics have given scientists new hope that biomarkers can be used to improve cancer screening and detection, to improve the drug development process, and to enhance the effectiveness and safety of cancer care by allowing physicians to tailor treatment for individual patients--an approach known as personalized medicine. However, progress overall has been slow, despite considerable effort and investment, and there are still many challenges and obstacles to overcome before this paradigm shift in oncology can become a reality.

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Committee on Developing Biomarker-Based Tools for Cancer Screening, Diagnosis, and Treatment, Sharyl J. Nass and Harold L. Moses, Editors

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Verlag
NATL ACADEMY PR
Erscheinungsdatum
2007
Sprache
Englisch
ISBN 10 
030910386X
ISBN 13 
9780309103862
Einband
Taschenbuch
Auflage
1
Anzahl der Seiten
236
Herausgeber
Moses Harold L.
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