MSK Library Guides: Precision Medicine: Background

Welcome

Welcome!

This MSK Library Guide is a pathfinder to information on precision medicine and is meant to serve as a comprehensive overview, as well as, a starting point for further research on this topic.

Your guide,
Dina Matsoukas
Research Informationist III

What is Precision Medicine?

FACT SHEET: President Obama’s Precision Medicine Initiative
January 30, 2015
Genetics Home Reference: Precision Medicine
"Help Me Understand Genetics provides an introduction to fundamental topics related to human genetics, including illustrations and basic explanations of genetics concepts."
Precision Oncology: An Overview
Special Series issue of Journal of Clinical Oncology. JCO May 20, 2013 vol. 31 no. 15
Targeted Cancer Therapies
NCI Fact Sheet
Toward Precision Medicine: Building a Knowledge Network for Biomedical Research and a New Taxonomy of Disease.
National Research Council (U.S.) Committee on A Framework for Developing a New Taxonomy of Disease. National Academies Press, 2011.
Understanding Precision Medicine in Cancer Treatment
NCI Fact Sheet.
What is personalized medicine?
Personalized Medicine Coalition