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  • Oncology
  • Genomics
  • Personalized Medicine

Background:

  • Next-generation sequencing (NGS) technologies and large-scale patient data analysis are advancing personalized cancer treatment strategies.
  • Targeted therapies, including tyrosine kinase inhibitors, antibodies, and immunotherapies, are established treatments for various hematological and oncological malignancies.

Purpose of the Study:

  • To explore the role of innovative therapies and NGS in enabling personalized cancer treatment based on molecular tumor profiles and genetic stratification.
  • To assess the current landscape and potential of comprehensive genetic approaches in cancer diagnostics.

Main Methods:

  • Utilizing innovative therapies targeting intracellular signaling and oncogenes.
  • Employing comprehensive genetic approaches such as cancer gene panel sequencing, whole exome, whole genome, and transcriptome sequencing.
  • Highlighting the desirability of integrating epigenetic, metabolomic, and proteomic data alongside DNA and RNA sequencing.

Main Results:

  • While comprehensive genetic characterization is desirable, full clinical implementation of integrative, multidimensional genetic typing is currently not feasible.
  • The translation of these advanced sequencing approaches into significantly improved patient outcomes and routine diagnostic implementation requires further demonstration.

Conclusions:

  • The selection of diagnostic tools and the scope of genomic analyses in clinical practice must consider method availability and the current clinical context.
  • Further validation is necessary to establish the clinical utility and routine integration of comprehensive genomic profiling in cancer care.