How Pharmacogenomics Deliver More Precise Cancer Therapy

About this episode

This episode discusses updates on clinical diagnostics policies and how pharmacogenomics are enhancing cancer treatment precision.

In this episode of “Answers From the Lab,” host Bobbi Pritt, M.D., chair of the Division of Clinical Microbiology at Mayo Clinic, is joined by William Morice II, M.D., Ph.D. , president and CEO of Mayo Clinic Laboratories, to discuss updates on the Protecting Access to Medicare Act (PAMA) and other policy changes affecting clinical diagnostics. Later, Dr. Pritt welcomes Ann Moyer, M.D., Ph.D. , a molecular genetic pathologist at Mayo Clinic and chair of the hereditary genetics practice, to explore how precision therapeutics are improving cancer treatments. PAMA update (00:01): Get the latest on PAMA as the first data collection period begins, including ongoing efforts to advance the Reforming and Enhancing Sustainable Updates to Laboratory Testing Services (RESULTS) Act. Policy changes influencing diagnostics (04:09) : Learn how evolving reimbursement policies for blood-based cancer screening and a proposed CLIA modernization bill may impact the field. Pharmacogenomic tests improving cancer care (08:14) : Discover how pharmacogenomics are benefiting patients with cancer, the benefits of medication-based testing, and how this field is advancing. Resources CMS: CLFS & PAMA…

People in this episode

Host: Bobbi Pritt, M.D.

Guests: William Morice II, M.D., Ph.D., Ann Moyer, M.D., Ph.D.

Topics covered

• pharmacogenomics
• cancer therapy
• clinical diagnostics
• policy changes
• precision therapeutics
• medicare act

Keywords

• pharmacogenomics
• cancer treatment
• clinical diagnostics
• medicare
• precision medicine
• blood-based cancer screening
• genetic testing

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: Mayo Clinic, Mayo Clinic Laboratories, Protecting Access to Medicare Act (PAMA), Reforming and Enhancing Sustainable Updates to Laboratory Testing Services (RESULTS) Act, CLIA, CMS, Precision Oncology Therapeutics

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