Low clinical adoption of tumor genomic profiling: cause for concern?

Michael W Drazer^{1

2}, Randy F Sweis^{1

3}

Affiliations

¹ a Department of Medicine, Section of Hematology/Oncology , Comprehensive Cancer Center, University of Chicago , IL , USA.
² b Department of Human Genetics , University of Chicago , IL , USA.
³ c Committee on Clinical Pharmacology and Pharmacogenomics , University of Chicago , Chicago , IL , USA.

Michael W Drazer et al. J Med Econ. 2018 Jul.

. 2018 Jul;21(7):721-723.

doi: 10.1080/13696998.2018.1470978. Epub 2018 May 15.

Michael W Drazer^{1

2}, Randy F Sweis^{1

3}

¹ a Department of Medicine, Section of Hematology/Oncology , Comprehensive Cancer Center, University of Chicago , IL , USA.
² b Department of Human Genetics , University of Chicago , IL , USA.
³ c Committee on Clinical Pharmacology and Pharmacogenomics , University of Chicago , Chicago , IL , USA.

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Real-world utilization of molecular diagnostic testing and matched drug therapies in the treatment of metastatic cancers.
Chawla A, Peeples M, Li N, Anhorn R, Ryan J, Signorovitch J. Chawla A, et al. J Med Econ. 2018 Jun;21(6):543-552. doi: 10.1080/13696998.2017.1423488. Epub 2018 Jan 19. J Med Econ. 2018. PMID: 29295635

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