Precision Medicine: Changing the way we think about healthcare
Health care has changed since the decline in mortality caused by infectious diseases as well as chronic and non-contagious diseases, with a direct impact on the cost of public health and individual health care. We must now transition from traditional reactive medicine based on symptoms, diagnosis an...
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2018-12-01
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| author | Gustavo Rosa Gameiro Viktor Sinkunas Gabriel Romero Liguori José Otavio Costa Auler-Júnior |
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| description | Health care has changed since the decline in mortality caused by infectious diseases as well as chronic and non-contagious diseases, with a direct impact on the cost of public health and individual health care. We must now transition from traditional reactive medicine based on symptoms, diagnosis and treatment to a system that targets the disease before it occurs and, if it cannot be avoided, treats the disease in a personalized manner. Precision Medicine is that new way of thinking about medicine. In this paper, we performed a thorough review of the literature to present an updated review on the subject, discussing the impact of the use of genetics and genomics in the care process as well as medical education, clinical research and ethical issues. The Precision Medicine model is expanded upon in this article to include its principles of prediction, prevention, personalization and participation. Finally, we discuss Precision Medicine in various specialty fields and how it has been implemented in developing countries and its effects on public health and medical education. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-6a5a2025cd2d42759daee567cf765f542022-12-22T01:21:18ZengElsevier EspañaClinics1980-53222018-12-0173010.6061/clinics/2017/e723S1807-59322018000100310Precision Medicine: Changing the way we think about healthcareGustavo Rosa GameiroViktor SinkunasGabriel Romero LiguoriJosé Otavio Costa Auler-JúniorHealth care has changed since the decline in mortality caused by infectious diseases as well as chronic and non-contagious diseases, with a direct impact on the cost of public health and individual health care. We must now transition from traditional reactive medicine based on symptoms, diagnosis and treatment to a system that targets the disease before it occurs and, if it cannot be avoided, treats the disease in a personalized manner. Precision Medicine is that new way of thinking about medicine. In this paper, we performed a thorough review of the literature to present an updated review on the subject, discussing the impact of the use of genetics and genomics in the care process as well as medical education, clinical research and ethical issues. The Precision Medicine model is expanded upon in this article to include its principles of prediction, prevention, personalization and participation. Finally, we discuss Precision Medicine in various specialty fields and how it has been implemented in developing countries and its effects on public health and medical education.http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S1807-59322018000100310&lng=en&tlng=enPrecision MedicineMedical EducationMolecular BiologyGeneticsGenomics |
| spellingShingle | Gustavo Rosa Gameiro Viktor Sinkunas Gabriel Romero Liguori José Otavio Costa Auler-Júnior Precision Medicine: Changing the way we think about healthcare Clinics Precision Medicine Medical Education Molecular Biology Genetics Genomics |
| title | Precision Medicine: Changing the way we think about healthcare |
| title_full | Precision Medicine: Changing the way we think about healthcare |
| title_fullStr | Precision Medicine: Changing the way we think about healthcare |
| title_full_unstemmed | Precision Medicine: Changing the way we think about healthcare |
| title_short | Precision Medicine: Changing the way we think about healthcare |
| title_sort | precision medicine changing the way we think about healthcare |
| topic | Precision Medicine Medical Education Molecular Biology Genetics Genomics |
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