Viewpoints in Precision Medicine
5 Jul, 2017 | 15:27h | UTCViewpoints in Precision Medicine
Views and Reviews: Margaret McCartney: Are we too captivated by precision medicine? – The BMJ (free)
Related: Chief medical officer calls for gene testing revolution – BBC (free) AND Make DNA tests routine, says UK’s chief medical officer – The Guardian (free)
“Sally Davies calls for making genomic testing as common as blood tests to usher in the era of precision medicine to treat cancers and rare diseases” (from The Guardian).
“Precision medicine is also, paradoxically, a recipe for unhelpful early diagnosis, false alarms, poor sensitivity, and conflicts of interest” (from BMJ).