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OCTOBER 28, 2023

Protecting Cancer Patients on the Precision Medicine Path

By Donavyn Coffey
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Carolyn Oxencis, PharmD

Precision medicine is not a new approach in oncology; individualized treatment regimens designed to target a patient’s specific disease have been the standard of care for years. But the arsenal of available therapies has expanded rapidly from the classic three—chemotherapy, radiation and surgery—to a host of other targeted approaches.

Moreover, oncology care teams are combining new and old therapies into complex regimens that can enlist