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Next Generation Sequencing for the Detection of Actionable Mutations in Solid and Liquid Tumors
Published on: September 20, 2016
[New developments in the classification of malign tumors]
1Institut für Pathologie des Universitätsklinikums Leipzig. christian.wittekind@medizin.uni-leipzig.de
Abstract:
In recent years, considerable enthusiasm has come up as to the diagnostic and therapeutic possibilities of personalized medicine. This enthusiam has put out of focus to which extent individualized therapy today is possible by consequently using different tumor classifications. Theses possibilities will be demonstrated briefly, especially with respect to the TNM classification, and will be discussed with regard to actual and future innovations.
Insights
Personalized medicine offers exciting diagnostic and therapeutic potential. This review explores how tumor classifications, particularly the TNM classification, enable individualized cancer therapy today and in the future.
Area of Science:
- Oncology
- Medical Diagnostics
- Therapeutics
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