Pharmacist-Driven Precision Medicine: A Ferry to Cross the Chasm of Interpreting Biomarker Testing Reports

Todd C Knepper1, Theresa A Boyle1, J Kevin Hicks

  • 1Todd C. Knepper, PharmD, Precision Medicine Program, Department of Individualized Cancer Management, Moffitt Cancer Center, Tampa, FL; Theresa A. Boyle, MD, PhD, Molecular Pathology, Department of Thoracic Oncology, Moffitt Cancer Center, Tampa, FL; J. Kevin Hicks PhD, PharmD and Christine M. Walko, PharmD, Precision Medicine Program, Department of Individualized Cancer Management, Moffitt Cancer Center, Tampa, FL.

JCO Oncology Practice
|June 19, 2023
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