Preparing pathology for precision medicine: challenges and opportunities.
2017
Karen L Kaul
Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine, NorthShore University HealthSystem, 2650 Ridge Ave, Evanston, IL, 60201, USA. kkaul@northshore.org.
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MeSH Term
Description
Entries
D010336
Pathology
A specialty concerned with the nature and cause of disease as expressed by changes in cellular or tissue structure and function caused by the disease process.
Pathologies
D006801
Humans
Members of the species Homo sapiens.
Homo sapiens,Man (Taxonomy),Human,Man, Modern,Modern Man
D057285
Precision Medicine
Clinical, therapeutic and diagnostic approaches to optimal disease management based on individual variations in a patient's genetic profile.
Treatments with drugs which interact with or block synthesis of specific cellular components characteristic of the individual's disease in order to stop or interrupt the specific biochemical dysfunction involved in progression of the disease.