Is personalized medicine a hoax?

Giuseppe Biondi Zoccai, MD University of Modena and Reggio Emilia [email protected]

Is personalized medicine for real?

Siontis et al, Arch Intern Med 2011

Is personalized medicine for real?

Siontis et al, Arch Intern Med 2011

Is personalized medicine necessary?

Wald et al, PLoS ONE 2011

Is personalized medicine necessary?

Wald et al, PLoS ONE 2011

Is personalized medicine cost-effective?

Wald et al, BMJ 2003

Is personalized medicine cost-effective?

Wald et al, BMJ 2003

Is genomics the solution?

Bauer et al, BMJ 2011

Is genomics the solution?

Bauer et al, BMJ 2011

Is genomics the solution?

Bauer et al, BMJ 2011

The future is not now

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