What if you knew you’d get sick before you ever felt symptoms? If it were a cold, that information is useful. In the case of cancer, it is lifesaving. Find out how your DNA could be used to detect blood cancers before they ever develop. Featured experts are Dr. Mrinal Patnaik, Hematologist/Internist/Oncologist at Mayo Clinic; and Dr. Kelly Bolton, Oncologist at Washington University in St. Louis.

0:00 Introduction
1:16 When it comes to cancer care, what does personalized medicine mean?
4:21 How does early cancer detection work with blood cancers?
11:49 How do you explain to patients it’s important to have information about early predisposition to cancer?
13:33 Why is cancer a tougher topic when it comes to prevention?
17:36 How far away are we from treatments being customizable to certain genes or proteins in a specific individual’s cancer?
21:19 How do you see personalized cancer treatment being part of tomorrow’s cure?
27:46 – Outro

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