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Progress and challenges in precision medicine /

Progress and challenges in precision medicine / edited by Mukesh Verma, Debmalya Barh. - London, United Kingdom : Academic Press, 2017. - 1 online resource

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Front Cover; Progress and Challengesin Precision Medicine; Progress and Challenges in Precision Medicine; Copyright; Contents; List of Contributors; Biography; MUKESH VERMA; DEBMALYA BARH; Dedication; Preface; 1 -- Introduction: Every Individual Is Different and Precision Medicine Offers Options for Disease Control and Treatment; 1. WHAT IS PRECISION MEDICINE? PERSONALIZED MEDICINE VERSUS PRECISION MEDICINE (C. HIZEL, P. HAMET, AND J. TREMBLAY); 1.1 Precision Medicine in Complex Chronic Disease: A Focus on Diabetes; 2. PRECISION MEDICINE FOR POPULATION HEALTH (G. BARTLETT); 3. CONCLUSION 5.4 Noninvasive Prenatal Testing5.5 Disease Gene Identification; 6. REGULATORY CONCERNS WITH NGS CLINICAL GENOMICS; 7. CONCLUSION; REFERENCES; 3 -- Phenotyping in Precision Medicine; 1. INTRODUCTION; 2. DEEP PHENOTYPING; 3. EXPRESSIVITY AND PENETRANCE; 4. EXPRESSIVITY; 5. PENETRANCE; 6. PHENOTYPIC VARIATION IN EXPRESSIVITY AND PENETRANCE; 7. PLEIOTROPY; 8. DISEASES AND PHENOTYPES; 9. CANCER; 10. DIABETES; 11. RESPIRATORY DISORDERS; 12. ENCEPHALOPATHY; 13. DATA MINING AND PHENOTYPING; 14. APPROACHES FOR PHENOTYPING; 15. FUTURE DIRECTIONS; REFERENCES 4 -- Cancer Genetic Screening and Ethical Considerations for Precision Medicine1. INTRODUCTION; 2. GENETIC TESTING IN HEREDITARY CANCERS; 2.1 Genetic Testing for Hereditary Breast and Ovarian Cancers; 2.2 Genetic Testing for Hereditary Colorectal Cancers; 2.3 Genetic Testing for Lung Cancers; 3. ETHICAL ISSUES RELATED TO CANCER GENETIC SCREENING; 3.1 Competency of Genetic Screening Laboratories and Medical Personnel; 3.2 Direct-To-Consumers Genetic Testing; 3.3 Individual Rights Versus Community Rights; 3.4 Individual Informed Consent; 3.5 Return of the Results for Pediatric Patients 3.6 Environmental and Distributive Justice3.7 Cancer Screening and Discrimination; 3.8 Cancer Screening and Stigma; 3.9 Implications of Genetic-Based Cancer Screening at the Population Level; 4. SUMMARY AND CONCLUSIONS; REFERENCES; 5 -- Precision Medicine in Primary Health Care; 1. THE CASE FOR PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; 2. PRECISION MEDICINE IN PRIMARY HEALTH CARE: WARFARIN AND PHARMACOGENOMICS; 3. PRECISION MEDICINE IN PRIMARY HEALTH CARE: CREATING AN INFORMATICS SYSTEM; 4. PRECISION MEDICINE: A FEASIBILITY STUDY FOR PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; 4.1 Outcomes; 4.2 Statistical Analysis; 4.3 Ethics

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Medical innovations.
Medical informatics.
HEALTH & FITNESS--Holism.
HEALTH & FITNESS--Reference.
MEDICAL--Alternative Medicine.
MEDICAL--Atlases.
MEDICAL--Essays.
MEDICAL--Family & General Practice.
MEDICAL--Holistic Medicine.
MEDICAL--Osteopathy.
Medical informatics.
Medical innovations.
Precision Medicine.
Medical Informatics.


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