The Crossroads of Precision Medicine and Therapeutic Decision-Making: Use of an Analytical Computational Platform to Predict Response to Cancer Treatments
Oncology is currently the largest area of clinical health expenditures for prescription drugs in the United States [1], and, based on the current pace of innovation in cancer care, anti-cancer treatment costs are only expected to increase [2]. Still, cancer remains a significant medical challenge, stubbornly resistant to conventional treatments. Further, many patients with cancer undergo multiple lines of treatment, with decreasing efficacy with each line. In addition to excessive healthcare costs, ineffective treatments unnecessarily expose patients to significant toxicities…. Read More