Personalized medicine also known as precision medicine, is an advanced medical field that focuses on the development of customized treatment and prevention strategies based on an individual’s unique lifestyle, diet, existing medications, environment, genetics, and health conditions.
Genomic studies play a crucial role in the development of personalized medicine. They give us very good insights into the genetic makeup of the individual, which will improve patients' health. Personalized medicine is a rapidly growing area in oncology. For example, targeted therapies are developed for the treatment of human epidermal growth factor receptor 2-positive breast cancer.