UW Medicine Pulse

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Precision Medicine: Finding the Best Treatment for You

August 01, 2016

Not all cancers are the same. Not all treatments are one-size-fits-all either. Meet the researchers at UW Medicine who have developed new and innovative genetic tests that help target the right therapy for each individual patient, making treatment much more precise and effective.

Targeted Treatments - Jay Shendure describes how Precision Medicine is helping to fine tune cancer treatment.
Cell Free DNA -Learn how this type of blood test helps determine the origin of cancer for individual patients.
UW OncoPlex - Dr. Pritchard describes the innovative new test that is helping to find the best treatment for each individual patient.