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Table 4.1 Personalized medicine definitions

From: An Introduction to Personalized eHealth

Definition

Reference

Prevention, diagnosis, and therapy of a specific disease based on the individual genetic profile

Carlson (2008)

Use of new methods of molecular analysis to better manage an illness or the predisposition to pathologies

Personalized Medicine Coalition

Provide the right treatment to the right patient at the right dose

European Union

Medicine based on the clinical, genetic, and environmental information of each person

American Medical Association

Medicine that uses information about genes, proteins, and the person’s environment to prevent, diagnose, and treat diseases

National Cancer Institute