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In this episode, oncologist Dr. Bruce Montgomery covers precision cancer diagnosis and targeted therapies, for prostate and other cancers. Thanks to rapid-sequencing technology and medical advances, cancer care is better able to identify specific genetic alterations causing a cancer, and identify a specific therapy targeted against that cancer variant.

Guest: 

R. Bruce Montgomery, M.D.  Oncologist, Clinical Director of Genitourinary Oncology at the Fred Hutchinson Cancer Center, and Professor of Medicine, Oncology, and Urology at the University of Washington.

Resources:

• U.S. National Comprehensive Cancer Network Guidelines.  Click on the Patient Resources tab and then the tab Guidelines for Patients tab, and then click on prostate or other cancer types for more information. This information is compiled and updated by panels of experts. 
• FORCE: Facing Hereditary Cancer Empowered.  Information and support resource for people who already know they have certain risk variants of genetic or other biomarkers.
• U.S. National Institutes for Health: The Promise of Precision Medicine
• American Cancer Society: information on Precision Medicine
• Episode 28: Medical Genetics. Original Guide to Men’s Health Podcast
• Your healthcare provider, major medical centers with oncology units