Pharmacodiagnostic testing
Encyclopedia
Pharmacodiagnostic testing is pre-treatment testing
performed in order to determine whether or not a patient
is likely to respond
to a given therapy
. This type of test is classified as a predictive test
and is a wikt:prerequisite for the implementation of stratified
and personalized medicine
.
Theranostics
Theranostics is the term used to describe the proposed process of diagnostic therapy for individual patients - to test them for possible reaction to taking a new medication and to tailor a treatment for them based on the test results...
performed in order to determine whether or not a patient
Patient
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is likely to respond
Respond
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to a given therapy
Therapy
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. This type of test is classified as a predictive test
Predictive medicine
Predictive medicine is a rapidly emerging field of medicine that entails predicting disease and instituting preventive measures in order to either prevent the disease altogether or significantly decrease its impact upon the patient...
and is a wikt:prerequisite for the implementation of stratified
Stratified medicine
Stratified medicine is the management of a group of patients with shared biological characteristics by using molecular diagnostic testing to select the best therapy in order to achieve the best possible medicinal outcome for that group....
and personalized medicine
Personalized medicine
Personalized medicine is a medical model emphasizing in general the customization of healthcare, with all decisions and practices being tailored to individual patients in whatever ways possible...
.