Personalized Medicine: Promises and Pitfalls broadly explores the tailoring of medical treatment to a patient s characteristics, needs, and preferences during all stages of care, including prevention, diagnosis, treatment, and follow-up.

The book s goal is to explain the science behind personalized medicine, what impact it may have on specific diseases, and some of the repercussions of a personalized medical approach on our medical institutions.

Novel personalized therapeutic treatments and their scientific basis are discussed by covering topics as diverse...