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"How big data, comparative effectiveness research, and rapid-learning health care systems can transform patient care in radiation oncology"

Big data and comparative effectiveness research methodologies can be applied within the framework of a rapid-learning health care system (RLHCS) to accelerate discovery and to help turn the dream of fully personalized medicine into a reality. We synthesize recent advances in genomics with trends in big data to provide a forward-looking perspective on the potential of new advances to usher in an era of personalized radiation therapy, with emphases on the power of RLHCS to accelerate discovery and the future of individualized radiation treatment planning. (Full article...)

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