… personalize medicine in the way that supporters have intended. Nevertheless, the reality of
personalized medicine has become more imminent … focuses on personalized medicine by (1) …

I was invited to comment on the article in this issue by Larry Lesko, “Personalized Medicine:
Elusive Dream or Imminent Reality?”, 1 especially with respect to three questions. There are …

… The fundamental problem according to which rules relate to specific isolated states of
being—which in reality never occurs in isolation—will continue to exist. In addition, …

… tumor size alone, but in reality it merely represents a complex (… explained, when outcomes
are imminent, as for death for a … the same proponents of personalized medicine over time, the …

… would be strongly predictive of drug response, reality in most cases has proven to be more
… shows that it is replete with promises of imminent breakthrough. The “revolution just around …

… medicine will be realised. These tools do not yet exist in a clinical context, but there is no
uncertainty regarding their imminent arrival. … , as noted above, the reality of biological systems is …

… The concepts of pharmacogenetics/pharmacogenomics, biomarkers, personalized
medicine/personalized prescription are frequently used interchangeably but are not exactly the same …

… of personalized medicine, who drives the process and their motives. Furthermore, a few
examples of personalized medicine … talking about several decades before it becomes a reality. …

… Personalized medicine has provided quantitative predictors of disease progression, …
scaffold for drug action, personalized medicine transforms reciprocating feedback mechanisms, …

… Specifically, we report a case study in the field of personalized medicine (PM) where we
have used a … of the partnership between diagnostics and drug development is imminent (p. 8) …