Policy Issues in the Development of Personalized Medicine in Oncology Workshop Summary (2010) / Chapter Skim
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However, the current classifications of cancer are not as useful as they need to be for making treatment decisions; current cancer classification evolved from morphology and may be misleading because it does not take into account abnormalities at the molecular level. As a result, treatment needs to evolve toward a focus on targeted treatments based on individual characterizations of the disease.
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committee to develop consensus-based recommendations for moving the field of personalized cancer medicine forward. The views expressed in this summary are those of the speakers and discussants, as attributed to them, and are not the consensus views of the participants of the workshop or of the members of the National Cancer Policy Forum.
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