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1 online resource (xii, 82 pages) : illustrations |
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polychrome |
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text file |
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" ... the National Cancer Policy Forum held a workshop, "Policy Issues in the Development of Personalized Medicine in Oncology," in Washington, DC, on June 8 and 9, 2009"--Page 1. |
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Includes bibliographical references (pages 65-70). |
| Contents |
Personalized cancer medicine technology -- Regulation of predictive tests -- Reimbursement. |
| Summary |
"One of the challenges in treating cancer is the disease's complexity and variation among patients. Cancer manifests differently in each patient, so treatments that are effective in one patient may not be effective in another. As cancer care becomes more personalized, subpopulations of individuals will be given preventive or therapeutic interventions based on their susceptibility to a particular disease or their predicted response to a specific treatment. However, before the use of personalized cancer care can reach its full potential, the health care system must resolve a number of technological, regulatory, and reimbursement issues. To explore these policy challenges, the National Cancer Policy Forum held the workshop Policy Issues in the Development of Personalized Medicine in Oncology in June 2009. Experts provided presentations on the current state of personalized medicine technology, as well as issues in the validation of, regulation of, and reimbursement for the predictive tests that underpin personalized medicine. Participants discussed the obstacles and possible solutions to further developing and using personalized medicine technologies. This document summarizes the workshop."--Publisher's description. |
| Local Note |
eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America |
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Cancer -- Treatment -- United States.
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Cancer -- Treatment. |
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United States. |
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Medical policy -- United States.
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Medical policy. |
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Medical care -- United States.
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Medical care. |
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Precision Medicine. |
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Health Policy. |
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Health Services. |
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Neoplasms -- therapy. |
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United States. |
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Congress.
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Electronic books.
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Medical care. |
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Conference papers and proceedings.
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Conference papers and proceedings.
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| Added Author |
Patlak, Margie.
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Levit, Laura A.
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National Cancer Policy Forum (U.S.)
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Institute of Medicine (U.S.). Board on Health Care Services.
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| Other Form: |
Print version: Policy issues in the development of personalized medicine in oncology. Washington, D.C. : National Academies Press, ©2010 9780309145756 (OCoLC)535492573 |
| ISBN |
9780309145763 (electronic book) |
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0309145767 (electronic book) |
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1282501356 |
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9781282501355 |
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0309145759 (paperback) |
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9780309145756 (paperback) |
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