Progress and Challenges in Precision Medicine

Progress and Challenges in Precision Medicine presents an insightful overview to the myriad factors of personalized and precision medicine. The availability of the human genome, large amounts of data on individual genetic variations, environmental interactions, influence of lifestyle, and cutting-edge tools and technologies for big-data analysis have led to the age of personalized and precision medicine.

Bringing together a global range of experts on precision medicine, this book collects previously scattered information into one concise volume which covers the most important developments so far in precision medicine and also suggests the most likely avenues for future development.

The book includes clinical information, informatics, public policy implications, and information on case studies. It is a useful reference and background work for students, researchers, and clinicians working in the biomedical and medical fields, as well as policymakers in the health sciences.

1. Introduction: Every Individual Is Different and Precision Medicine Offers Options for Disease Control and Treatment 2. Clinical Next-Generation Sequencing: Enabling Precision Medicine 3. Phenotyping in Precision Medicine 4. Cancer Genetic Screening and Ethical Considerations for Precision Medicine 5. Precision Medicine in Primary Health Care 6. Population Approach to Precision Medicine 7. Regulation of Genomic Testing in the Era of Precision Medicine 8. Image-Based Modeling and Precision Medicine 9. Sharing Outside the Sandbox? The Child’s Right to an Open Data Sharing Future in Genomics and Personalized Medicine 10. Lessons Learned From Cohort Studies, and Hospital-Based Studies and Their Implications in Precision Medicine 11. Clinical Trials in Precision Medicine 12. Time to Educate Physicians and Hospital Staff in Electronic Medical Records for Precision Medicine 13. Computational Approaches in Precision Medicine 14. Handling Big Data in Precision Medicine 15. Trends in Precision Medicine 16. Personalized Medicine: Interdisciplinary Perspective, World Tidal Wave, and Potential Growth for the Emerging Countries