What is Precision Medicine?
Precision cancer medicine consists of finding the most precise and effective treatment for each patient based on the genetic profile of the cancer and the individual. We currently know the vast majority of genetic alterations, or mutations, responsible for the origin, maintenance and development of cancer. These mutations can make the tumor particularly sensitive, or resistant, to a particular drug.
Precision medicine allows us to know in detail the genetic profile of each patient.
Why is it performed?
Within the same type of cancer, the profile of genetic alterations in each tumor differs from patient to patient. Knowing the mutational profile of each case makes it possible to choose the therapy with the best chance of success.
What does it consist of?
By means of a biopsy of your tumor, or a blood extraction, all the genes that have been related to cancer are studied quickly and reliably. This process is called massive sequencing of tumor DNA and allows us to know which are the molecular alterations that direct the growth of a tumor and whether it can be treated with drugs already approved, or within a clinical trial. You will receive a report with the genomic alterations detected in your tumor and the most appropriate targeted therapies or clinical trials according to the current scientific evidence and the specific context of your oncological history.