{"product_id":"policy-issues-in-the-development-institute-of-medicine-9780309145756","title":"Policy Issues in the Development of Personalized Medicine in Oncology: Workshop Summary","description":"\u003cp\u003eOne of the challenges in treating cancer is the disease's complexity and variation among patients. Cancer manifests differently in each patient, so treatments that are effective in one patient may not be effective in another. As cancer care becomes more personalized, subpopulations of individuals will be given preventive or therapeutic interventions based on their susceptibility to a particular disease or their predicted response to a specific treatment. However, before the use of personalized cancer care can reach its full potential, the health care system must resolve a number of technological, regulatory, and reimbursement issues.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eTo explore these policy challenges, the National Cancer Policy Forum held the workshop \u003ci\u003ePolicy Issues in the Development of Personalized Medicine in Oncology\u003c\/i\u003e in June 2009. Experts provided presentations on the current state of personalized medicine technology, as well as issues in the validation of, regulation of, and reimbursement for the predictive tests that underpin personalized medicine. Participants discussed the obstacles and possible solutions to further developing and using personalized medicine technologies. This document summarizes the workshop.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Institute of Medicine,Board on Health Care Services,National Cancer Policy Forum\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 0309145759\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780309145756\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e National Academies Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 03\/04\/2010\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 94\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.25lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.90h x 6.00w x 0.30d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eReview Citation(s): \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eReference and Research Bk News\u003c\/i\u003e 06\/01\/2011 pg. 244","brand":"Institute of Medicine","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":48064838762751,"sku":"9780309145756","price":29.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_b9975d7d-0039-4c66-a31b-c437da4e4262.jpg?v=1768671372","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/policy-issues-in-the-development-institute-of-medicine-9780309145756","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}