The Age of Personalized Medicine Blog

The Personalized Medicine Coalition (PMC) is pleased that the President has announced the launch of a new Precision Medicine Initiative during his State of the Union Address. Personalized medicin...

https://ageofpersonalizedmedicine.wordpress.com/2015/01/23/capitalizing-on-the-promise-of-precision-medicine/

As we reach the end of another year, we once again look back at recent advancements and milestones in the field of personalized medicine. As we celebrated 10 years of progress, we also looked tow...

https://ageofpersonalizedmedicine.wordpress.com/2014/12/17/2014-the-year-of-the-patient/

Great stories are published daily about the impact personalized medicine is having on individual patients, and the medical community as a whole, but it can be a challenge to stay on top of the ne...

https://ageofpersonalizedmedicine.wordpress.com/2014/11/07/special-edition-required-reading-turning-the-tide-against-cancer-2014-national-conference/

It is very difficult to select the appropriate therapy for a patient if you don’t know what disease you are treating. For the practicing physician, the patient’s presenting symptoms, history,...

https://ageofpersonalizedmedicine.wordpress.com/2014/11/04/no-test-no-drug/

Three weeks ago, 200+ health care leaders representing a broad spectrum of stakeholders convened in Washington, D.C., for the second conference of the Turning the Tide Against Cancer Through Sust...

https://ageofpersonalizedmedicine.wordpress.com/2014/10/29/next-steps-to-turn-the-tide-against-cancer/

Many of us in the genetics and genomics community think that this a golden age for our work. During the last thirty years or so, it has become apparent that genetics plays a very important role i...

https://ageofpersonalizedmedicine.wordpress.com/2014/10/27/the-history-and-future-of-personalized-medicine/

Following the Turning the Tide Against Cancer national conference last Thursday, I’ve had time to reflect on what we must do next to improve how patients experience cancer care. To make that c...

https://ageofpersonalizedmedicine.wordpress.com/2014/10/16/reflections-from-the-turning-the-tide-against-cancer-conference/

A key theme at the Turning the Tide Against Cancer national conference was the need for a patient-centered approach to cancer care. Shelley Fuld Nasso, M.P.P., CEO, National Coalition for Cancer ...

https://ageofpersonalizedmedicine.wordpress.com/2014/10/15/a-patient-centered-perspective-on-cancer-research-and-care/

Over the past few weeks, the Age of Personalized Medicine editorial team has been talking to leaders from the co-convening organizations of the second Turning the Tide Against Cancer Through Sust...

https://ageofpersonalizedmedicine.wordpress.com/2014/10/06/turning-the-tide-against-cancer-collaboration-to-improve-outcomes/

In advance of the Turning the Tide Against Cancer 2014 national conference, the Age of Personalized Medicine editorial team posed questions to Suleika Jaouad, The New York Times Emmy® Award win...

https://ageofpersonalizedmedicine.wordpress.com/2014/10/02/qa-with-suleika-jaouad-the-new-york-times-emmy-award-winning-columnist-life-interrupted-and-cancer-survivor/