Musings
Musings on genome medicine: cancer genetics and the promise of effective treatment
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* Corresponding author: David G Nathan david_nathan@dfci.harvard.edu
Dana-Farber Cancer Institute, Binney Street, Boston, MA 02115, USA
Genome Med 2009, 1:49 doi:10.1186/gm49
Published: 6 May 2009Abstract
Cancer is the most common acquired genetic disease. Great progress has been made in documenting the genetic abnormalities that cause the disease, and in the future each tumor will be subjected to genetic analysis and the appropriate combination of drugs selected. Although there are serious technological and cost hurdles to surmount and resistance and continued mutation will be a constant problem, the way is clear to rational therapy.