Precision medicine aims to select the right drug for the appropriate person in a timely manner. However, trial-and-error prescribing still prevails in most disease areas, leading to a waste of healthcare resources. Genomic tests can personalize therapy selection, diagnose specific disease types, and predict response levels. Clinical utility of diagnostics is determined by their ability to improve patient management and health outcomes.
Precision medicine’s promise is selecting the right drug for the appropriate person in a timely manner. But besides cancer, in most disease areas trial-and-error prescribing of therapeutics still reigns, even when tests are available to differentiate between responders and non-responders and those who are susceptible or not to adverse events. This can lead to substantial waste of healthcare resources.
Non-small cell lung cancer can also be differentially treated with therapies targeted at tumors with specific biomarkers, including epidermal growth factor receptor, anaplastic lymphoma kinase and others.
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