Precision Medicine

Researchers are launching an all-telehealth precision oncology trial that will include patients with pancreatic cancer whose tumors have the same genetic mutation.

A blood sample analysis using Raman spectroscopy, combined with statistical modeling, was sufficient to diagnose fibromyalgia, according to data published in Biomedicines.

Precision medicine in rheumatoid arthritis expanded in a small but key measure late last year, when Quest Diagnostics and Scipher Medicine announced a partnership to provide RNA extraction and sequencing services for the latter’s PrismRA test.

Researchers used an artificial intelligence and precision medicine approach that identifies biomarkers that appear superior to standard tests for predicting pancreatic cancer survival, findings in Nature Cancer showed.

In this episode, host Shikha Jain, MD, speaks with George Sledge, MD, about patient feedback benefiting leadership decision-making, the future of precision medicine in oncology and more.

In a Healio video exclusive, Leonard Calabrese, DO, chief medical editor of Healio Rheumatology, offered a breakdown of the October issue, including the cover story which delved into the topic of individualized precision medicine.

I heard my first lecture about personalized or precision medicine in the early 1980s.

Patients across health care specialties have in recent years come to expect some form of individually tailored care — or precision medicine — as part of their disease management.