Personalized cancer therapy based on the characteristic genomic profile could be the norm in recent future, experts expressed at a seminar on precision medicine in oncology on Kolkata on Saturday. The terms personalized medicine and precision medicine are often used interchangeably. The meaning of the terms – and source of the forthcoming breakthroughs – is essentially the ability to tailor treatments, as well as prevention strategies, to the unique characteristics of each person.
A lot of work has already been done to make cancer care more personalized , partly because cancer is so complex that it has forced scientists to dig deep into the inner workings of human cells to figure out cancer’s causes. With the advent of next-generation sequencing technology, it has become easier to explore the sequence of biomarkers specific to cancer and thus making cancer therapy more personalize.…
