,Personalized Medicine: The "Perfect Storm" for Improving Genetic Test Quality

Personalized Medicine: The "Perfect Storm" for Improving Genetic Test Quality


 

Publication Date: February 2006

Publisher: F-D-C Reports, Inc.

Author(s): Gail Javitt; Kathy Hudson

Research Area: Health

Keywords: Personalized medicine; Genetic testing

Type: Other

Coverage: United States

Abstract:

Now, when personalized medicine is in its infancy, is the time to make sure that it will be raised in a system that ensures that the tests used to guide therapeutic decisions are reliable and relevant and are performed by laboratories whose proficiency has been rigorously and meaningfully assessed.