Vol. 1 No. 1 (2024): SMART-MD Journal of Precision Medicine (Spring 2024)

Special Issue: Pancreatic diseases.

Guest editor: C Mel Wilcox MD

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Precision Medicine for Complex Disorders is an emerging discipline that considers the mix of genes, environment, and biomarkers to explain symptoms, causes, outcomes, and treatment choices for individual patients. Healthcare providers require clinical decision support (CDS) based on expert insights tailored to similar patient precision medicine profiles.

SMART-MD JPM kicks off with pancreatic diseases, spotlighting chronic pancreatitis as a case study for precision medicine. It features an article on diagnosis of chronic pancreatitis by Professors David C Whitcomb MD PhD  and Dhiraj Yadav MD MPH, and another on pain management in pancreatitis by Prof. Vikesh Singh from Johns Hopkins.

Biomarkers in Pancreatic Cancer: CA 19-9 serves as a biomarker for pancreatic adenocarcinoma (PDAC). An expert review discusses the biology, genetics, and clinical application of CA 19-9 and CEA for managing PDAC patients.

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