Using Precision Medicine to Treat the Long Arc of Disease

In the past year, there have been tremendous advancements in precision medicine, and the big upfront investments are starting to come to fruition, according to panelists at the 37th Annual J.P. Morgan Healthcare Conference, held January 7-10 in San Francisco, California. A decade ago, discussions around precision health were looking at a future that still seemed far away, but now, there’s a path and it’s here, said Kevin Conroy, chairman and chief executive officer of Exact Sciences Corporation. These tools are now enabling providers to identify cancer very early in a patient, which couldn’t have been possible 10 years ago.