Here are a couple of articles on personalized medicine for cancer treatments:
1. Latest trend in cancer treatment: Personalized care plans
2. Breast Cancer Biomarker Helps Personalize Treatment
The first one is probably not what most researchers (and readers) would associate "personalization" to "personalized medicine", since such moniker is typically used to indicate genetic research to differentiate one patient to the next, giving them specific drug as appropriate.
However, the personalization in the first article is probably going to have much more important impact on patient care and recovery, at least in the short term. Sure, research is important, but knowledge transfer from doctor to patient and family care giver is also a critical for the recovery of the patient's well being. It is sad that so little research and practice is focused in this area, probably because of a lack of "sexiness" of such work.
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