The Current Status and Problems Confronted in Delivering Precision Medicine in Japan and Europe

Precision medicine has been defined as “a predictive, preventive, personalized, and participatory healthcare service delivery model.” Today, developments in next-generation sequencing and information technology have made precision medicine possible, with massive amounts of genetic, “omics,” clinical, environmental, and lifestyle data now available. Unfortunately, differences in governmental support and healthcare regulations have resulted in heterogeneous progress among countries. In Japan, for example, precision cancer screening and treatments are increasingly being promoted, with collaboration among research, governmental , and pharmaceutical agencies taking place in the nationwide SCRUM-Japan cancer genome screening project.
Source: Current Problems in Cancer - Category: Cancer & Oncology Authors: Source Type: research