Current best practices and rationalistic perspectives in causation-based prevention, early detection and multidisciplinary treatment of breast and gastric cancer

Gastric & Breast Cancer e-journal
DOI: 10.2122/gbc.2011.0197

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Translational advances and challenges for pharmacogenomics-based prescription of drugs.

Sam Murray, PhD.

ABSTRACT
Substantial adverse effects, even patient's death, and resistance to currently widely used drugs in the treatment of cancer, cardiovascular and other major disease still remains a big problem in public health including costs. Pharmacogenomics, a rapidly growing part of genomics, provides promises genome sequencing-based identification of genetic variants that may predict sensitivity and adverse events of drugs in individual patients. Here, I describe the latest advances, the limitations in routine clinical practice and the challenges to overcome to reach the optimal prescription of drugs depending on individuality due to pharmacogenomics.

(Citation: Gastric & Breast Cancer 2011; 10(4) 256-261)

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