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. 2018 Jan;17(1):1-2.
doi: 10.1038/nrd.2017.218. Epub 2017 Nov 24.

Steps forward for cancer precision medicine

Roberto Salgado  1   2   3 , Helen Moore  4 , John W M Martens  5 , Tracy Lively  4 , Shakun Malik  4 , Ultan McDermott  6 , Stefan Michiels  7 , Jeffrey A Moscow  4 , Sabine Tejpar  8 , Tawnya McKee  4 , Denis Lacombe  9 ; IBCD-Faculty
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Steps forward for cancer precision medicine

Roberto Salgado et al. Nat Rev Drug Discov. 2018 Jan.

Abstract

The availability of targeted anticancer drugs and the relative affordability of genomic analyses has led to a growing expectation among patients with cancer that they can receive personalized treatment based on the genomic signature of their tumour. Here, we discuss some of the challenges and steps needed to bring such approaches into routine practice.

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