November 7, 2017
Twenty-first century precision medicine cancer care
By Sharon Rosen
As genomic sequencing has become faster and less expensive, physicians have used this new technology to guide and manage care for patients with cancer. Genomic testing, also known as genomic profiling, was initially used for patients with advanced cancer when standard therapy failed. The goal of the testing was to identify unique genetic characteristics of […]
Tags: #cancer treatment, #Dr. Mitesh Borad, #genetic panel tests, #Genomic profiling, #targeted therapies, #tissue biopsy, #tumor sequencing, cancer, center for individualized medicine, Dr. Patricia LoRusso, mayo clinic, Mayo Clinic Proceedings
November 6, 2015
Talks Now Available from Individualizing Medicine Conference 2015
By Jeff Briggs
From Dr. Gianrico Farrugia’s opening keynote address to genomics pioneer Dr. J. Craig Venter’s closing address, all of the plenary session talks from the Individualizing Medicine Conference 2015: From Promise to Practice are now available on the conference website. If you weren’t able to join us in Rochester, Minn., from September 20-23, you’ll want to […]
Tags: #CIMCon2015, center for individualized medicine, Dr. E. David Litwack, Dr. Edison Liu, Dr. Gianrico Farrugia, Dr. J. Craig Venter, Dr. Olga Golubnitschaja, Dr. Patricia LoRusso, Dr. Stephen Friend, Dr. Stephen Quake, Dr. Vincenzo Costigliola, individualized medicine
October 13, 2015
Individualizing Medicine Conference 2015: The Time of Precision Medicine
By Jeff Briggs
“Our job is to deliver individualized medicine to the bedside of all our patients.” said Keith Stewart, M.B., Ch.B., to launch the fourth annual Individualizing Medicine Conference: From Promise to Practice in Rochester, Minn., home of Mayo Clinic. “And this is the year of precision medicine, launched by President Obama in January in announcing the […]
Tags: Caer Rohrer Vitek, cancer, Cathy Wurzer, center for individualized medicine, Dr. Alexander Parker, Dr. David Litwack, Dr. Edison Liu, Dr. Gianrico Farrugia, Dr. J. Craig Venter, Dr. Keith Stewart, Dr. Patricia LoRusso, Dr. S
September 21, 2015
Individualizing Medicine Conference 2015: Day One Recap
By Jeff Briggs
When Gianrico Farrugia, M.D., vice president at Mayo Clinic and CEO of Mayo Clinic in Florida, took the stage Monday morning to deliver the opening keynote address to over 800 attendees to the Individualizing Medicine Conference 2015: From Promise to Practice, he was revisiting old haunts and old friends. After a short recap of what he had […]
Tags: #CIMCon2015, Cathy Wurzer, center for individualized medicine, Dr. Gianrico Farrugia, Dr. Keith Stewart, Dr. Olga Golubnitschaja, Dr. Patricia LoRusso, Dr. Stephen Friend, Dr. Vincenzo Costigliola, Dr. Yewon Choi, individualized medicine, Individualizing Medicine Conference 2015
June 25, 2015
Conquering Cancer: New Strategies through Individualized Medicine
By Jeff Briggs
Everyone’s life has been affected by cancer. Everyone’s. Many people are cancer survivors. Others are family or friends of someone who has fought the disease. But nobody has escaped the terrible burden cancer brings to our lives. Perhaps this is why so many physicians and researchers around the world have dedicated their lives to eradicating […]
Tags: cancer, center for individualized medicine, DNA Sequencing, Dr. Edison Liu, Dr. Patricia LoRusso, Genome Sequencing, individualized medicine, Individualizing Medicine Conference 2015, mayo clinic, Precision Medicine