- Precision medicine
is a dynamic field
which integrates
the latest research advances
into individual treatment.
It seeks to provide
the most-tailored
diagnostic tools and treatment
for patients
with any form of problems,
from cardiac disease
to diabetes to cancer.
Precision medicine
can even be used
to keep healthy patients
even healthier.
It includes
medications themselves
including targeted therapy
against mutations
found in certain cancers,
gene therapy,
and immunotherapy.
Precision medicine drills down
to know as much
about the patient as possible,
from understanding the genome
to considering metabolomics,
proteomics, and the microbiome, and even pharmacogenomics.
Precision medicine
even looks inside
a patient's social media home
to see if we can allow for
even earlier
detection of disease
and who would respond to
one treatment versus another.
The charge of the field
of precision medicine
is to integrate
this information clinically
as well as in research
using novel clinical trials
such as Basket, Umbrella,
N of 1, Adaptive,
and other innovative trials
to reach the patient
as soon as possible.
And in today's age, we're not
just thinking about each patient
but the value of precision
medicine to society at large.
At the Penn Center
for Precision Medicine,
we are working towards
integrating all of these
elements seamlessly
so that every patient
can benefit
from the latest advances,
and this is precision medicine
at Penn.
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