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Oncology personal medicine
Personalized medicine is practiced when doctors consider specific information of an individual patient when planning a course of treatment. In oncology, personalized medicine can include an understanding of the genetic profile of the cancer as well as clinical and demographic factors of the patient. Personalized cancer medicine can the potential to help individual patients and also develop novel, effective cancer therapeutics.
FEB 03, 2016 | 12:00 PM
The use of laboratory animals requires education and training of persons who are to design and/or perform animal experiments. It is essential for these persons to practice various procedures...
FEB 03, 2016 | 10:30 AM
Reproducibility refers to the ability of an experiment or study to be replicated, either by the same person or group or by others working independently. With regard to scientific public...
FEB 03, 2016 | 6:00 AM
Quality animal research is based on quality animal care and use. This is achieved by coordinating several key personnel and activities, and implementing appropriate animal care and use proced...
OCT 01, 2015 | 12:00 PM
Stage IV melanoma carried a 24 month life expectancy three short years ago. That is what T.J. Sharpe’s first oncologist told him he was facing, after a visit to the ER for a fever turne...
SEP 30, 2015 | 10:30 AM
The management of prostate cancer (PCa) continues to evolve and does so at a rapid rate. Research and technological developments continue to refine our definitions and management of this comp...
JUN 10, 2015 | 2:00 PM
Matching the mutational profile of a patient's tumor with appropriate targeted agents is a goal of personalized medicine in oncology. The number of FDA-approved targeted therapies, as well as...
FEB 04, 2015 | 12:00 PM
C.E. CREDITS
In Chile, the regulatory context regarding animal use in research is very poor. A legal framework for Animal Care and Use Committees is practically nonexistent. Also, the chilean culture play...
FEB 04, 2015 | 9:00 AM
C.E. CREDITS
Some commonly accepted principles of biosafety include the strict adherence to standard laboratory practices and techniques, the use of safety equipment such as primary barriers and personal...
