How data helps medical professionals implement patient personalisation

In recent years, the scientific community has come to think about cancer — and cancer treatment — differently.

Whereas in past decades, cancer was diagnosed, classified and treated according to the specific types of tissues it affected — breast cancer, for example, has traditionally been treated with drugs developed specifically for tumours in the breast — modern medicine takes a decidedly more personalised approach.

Today, explains Dr Warren Kaplan, the Chief of Informatics at the Garvan Institute of Medical Research, cancer is thought of as a disease of DNA, rather than something that easily fits into “buckets” based on where in the tissue it originates. Read more…

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Source: Mashable | How data helps medical professionals implement patient personalisation