Policy issues in the development of personalized medicine in oncology : workshop summary / / Margie Patlak and Laura Levit, rapporteurs ; National Cancer Policy Forum, Board on Health Care Services, Institute of Medicine of the National Academies

• Pubblicazione: Washington, D.C., : National Academies Press, c2010
• Edizione: 1st ed.
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (95 p.)
• Disciplina: 616.994
• Soggetto topico: Cancer - Treatment - United States; Medical care - United States; Medical policy - United States
• Altri autori: LevitLaura A PatlakMargie
• Note generali: " ... 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."--P. 1.
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references (p. 65-70).
• Nota di contenuto: ""Front Matter""; ""Reviewers""; ""Contents""; ""Introduction""; ""Personalized Cancer Medicine Technology""; ""Regulation of Predictive Tests""; ""Reimbursement""; ""Summary""; ""References""; ""Acronyms""; ""Glossary""; ""Appendix A: Workshop Agenda""; ""Appendix B: Workshop Speakers and Moderators""
• Sommario/riassunto: "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.
• Titolo autorizzato: Policy issues in the development of personalized medicine in oncology
• ISBN: 0-309-15135-X; 1-282-50135-6; 9786612501357; 0-309-14576-7
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910966686103321
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