From Discovery to Clinical Application: The Role of Biomarkers in Precision Medicine
Authors: Jana S. Röder, Henning Boekhoff
Biomarkers for Precision Medicine: Shaping Diagnostics and Medical Care
Modern medicine relies on precise diagnostics and reliable patient stratification to provide the best possible patient care. However, most diseases are still defined by symptom descriptions and selecting the best treatment option can be a trial-and-error approach. This places a burden on patients and healthcare systems, as treatments are often not as effective and as adapted to the disease as they should be. This can lead to undertreatment of certain patient subpopulations and even to adverse events without treatment benefit. Precision medicine aims to change this by using molecular mechanisms for disease definition and treatment selection.

