Understanding Precision Medicine

This biomedical infographic sample was designed on the base of the diagram on the webpage "Precision Medicine in Cancer Treatment" from the website of the National Cancer Institute, USA. "Precision medicine is an approach to patient care that allows doctors to select treatments that are most likely to help patients based on a genetic understanding of their disease. This may also be called personalized medicine. The idea of precision medicine is not new, but recent advances in science and technology have helped speed up the pace of this area of research. Today, when you are diagnosed with cancer, you usually receive the same treatment as others who have same type and stage of cancer. Even so, different people may respond differently, and, until recently, doctors didn’t know why. After decades of research, scientists now understand that patients’ tumors have genetic changes that cause cancer to grow and spread. They have also learned that the changes that occur in one person’s cancer may not occur in others who have the same type of cancer. And, the same cancer-causing changes may be found in different types of cancer." [cancer.gov/about-cancer/treatment/types/precision-medicine] The healthcare infographic example "Understanding Precision Medicine" was designed using ConceptDraw PRO software extended with Biomedicine solution from Health area of ConceptDraw Solution Park.