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Precision medicine and personalized medicine are often used interchangeably. Both terms refer to the tailoring of medical treatment to the individual characteristics of each patient. The goal is to classify individuals into subpopulations that differ in their susceptibility to a particular disease, in the biology or prognosis of those diseases they may develop, or in their response to a specific treatment. However, some authors and organizations use these expressions separately to indicate particular nuances.
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The terms “precision medicine” and “personalized medicine” are often used interchangeably, but there is a subtle difference between the two.
Precision medicine is an approach to healthcare that uses information about an individual’s genes, environment, and lifestyle to tailor medical decisions, practices, interventions, and/or products to the individual patient.
Personalized medicine is a broader term that encompasses precision medicine, but also includes other approaches to tailoring healthcare to the individual patient, such as using patient preferences and values.
In other words, precision medicine is a subset of personalized medicine that focuses on using genetic information to make more precise medical decisions. Personalized medicine, on the other hand, is a broader approach that can also include factors such as environment, lifestyle, and patient preferences.
For example, precision medicine uses genetic information to select the best cancer treatment for a patient, while personalized medicine uses in addition the patient preferences to choose a treatment that is acceptable to the patient.
Both precision medicine and personalized medicine are still emerging fields, and there is still much research to be done. However, these approaches have the potential to revolutionize healthcare by providing more effective and tailored treatments for patients.
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