Journal of Undergraduate Research
Keywords
biological pathways, personalized treatments, cancer diagnosis, disease progression
College
Physical and Mathematical Sciences
Department
Statistics
Abstract
At the current state of diagnostic capability, two patients with the same cancer diagnosis may respond very differently to the same treatment. Unfortunately, failure to respond to a particular treatment wastes valuable time and may result in disease progression that may be detrimental for the patient. Therefore, diagnoses finely tuned to individual patients would better guide treatment while eliminating the trial and error that is often part of current medical practice.
Recommended Citation
Hedges, Ariana and Johnson, Dr. W. Evan
(2014)
"Biological Pathways in Determining Personalized Treatments,"
Journal of Undergraduate Research: Vol. 2014:
Iss.
1, Article 1285.
Available at:
https://scholarsarchive.byu.edu/jur/vol2014/iss1/1285