Precision Medicine in Clinical Practice

1. Auflage 2022
ISBN: 978-981-19-5084-1
Verlag: Springer

Buch, Englisch, 257 Seiten, Format (B × H): 178 mm x 254 mm, Gewicht: 571 g

The book provides complete information on the cornerstones of precision medicine through the omics approach. Clinical applications of genomics and precision medicine have progressed from a theoretical wish list to an impactful force in medical practice.Step-by-step descriptions are provided from basics to the future application and its benefit in clinical practice.

Precision medicine aims to personalize health care by tailoring decisions and treatments to each individual in every possible way. Precision medicine includes pharmacogenomics.

Essential information is provided on the role of precision medicine and pharmacogenomics in the clinical practice of cancer, cardiovascular disease, diabetes, psychiatric disease, and also the importance for healthcare professionals.

This book will assist the practitioners how to integrate precision medicine and pharmacogenomics data into their clinical practice.

It is hoped that physicians, pharmacists, and scientists with basic scientific knowledge of precision medicine will findthis book useful.

Zielgruppe

Professional/practitioner

Autoren/Hrsg.

Hasanzad, Mandana

Fachgebiete

• Medizin | Veterinärmedizin Medizin | Public Health | Pharmazie | Zahnmedizin Medizin, Gesundheitswesen Public Health, Gesundheitsmanagement, Gesundheitsökonomie, Gesundheitspolitik
• Naturwissenschaften Biowissenschaften Biowissenschaften Genetik und Genomik (nichtmedizinisch)

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Principles of precision medicine.- Principles of pharmacogenomics and pharmacogenetics.- Precision medicine  in oncology  and cancer therapeutics.- Precision medicine  in cardiovascular disease practice.- Precision medicine  in endocrinology practice.- Precision medicine  in psychiatric Disorders.- Precision public health perspectives.- DNA technologies in precision medicine and pharmacogenetics.- Precision medicine initiatives.- Economic aspects in precision medicine and pharmacogenomics.- Ethical, legal and social aspects of precision medicine.- Personalized Medicine Literacy.- Precision medicine in infectious disease.

Über Autor(innen)

Mandana Hasanzad, PhD

She is professor of Genetics who is research deputy of Personalized Medicine Research Center, Endocrinology and Metabolism Clinical Sciences Institute, Tehran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran and director of Medical Genomics Research Center, Tehran Medical Sciences, Islamic Azad University,Tehran, Iran.

She is also an active member of the International Consortium for Personalised Medicine( ) and the Clinical Pharmacogenetics Implementation Consortium ( ®).