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Table 3 Benefits of PM from the perspective of professionals

From: Patients’ and professionals’ views related to ethical issues in precision medicine: a mixed research synthesis

Care process

PM has the potential to

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Prevention

Be helpful for risk assessment, identifying a genetic predisposition or the prevention of disease

[27, 39, 47, 84]

 

Supplement a family history

[50]

Diagnosis

Be helpful in diagnosing disorders

[43, 47, 49, 50, 85]

Decision-making

Increase therapy options

[31]

 

Be helpful for the explanation of risks and therapy options

[33]

 

Facilitate an informed decision for treatments

[34, 86]

Treatment

Tailor treatments and thereby make them more effective

[35, 50, 52, 84, 87,88,89]

 

Reduce treatment side effects

[47, 79, 88]

Individual health outcomes

Improve patient outcomes

[27, 58, 79, 85]

 

Improve quality of life

[47]

 

Improve life expectancy

[31, 47]

Public health outcomes

Result in higher quality health-care

[58]

 

Avoid overtreatment or wasting resources

[79]

 

Reduce health care costs

[47, 58]

 

Reduce hospitalization days

[88]

 

Be favorable for the importance of medical progress

[82]