Godae Guro Hospital Holds Opening Ceremony and Symposium for the 'Precision Genomics Clinical Medicine Center'

Korea University Guro Hospital announced on the 6th that it held the opening ceremony and commemorative symposium of the Precision Genomic Clinical Medicine Center on the 3rd.

Korea University Guro Hospital announced on the 6th that it held the opening ceremony and commemorative symposium of the Precision Genomic Clinical Medicine Center on the 3rd. Hospital officials are taking a commemorative photo at the opening ceremony.
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Genomic clinical medicine is a field that integrates individual patients' clinical information and genomic data based on medical technology to improve diagnostic accuracy, predict disease occurrence, and enable personalized treatment.

Korea University Guro Hospital has opened the "Precision Genomic Clinical Medicine Center" and plans to strengthen personalized treatment by combining clinical trial linkage, pharmacogenomics, nutritional genomics, and microbiome analysis based on patients' clinical and genomic information.

The center consists of two clinics. The "Cancer Genomics/Hereditary Cancer Clinic" operates with the goal of providing customized medical services to cancer patients while predicting cancer occurrence in families of hereditary cancer patients for early detection and improving survival rates. The "Rare/Genetic Disease Clinic" will provide precise diagnosis of various genetic diseases and offer optimal treatment and management programs.

Professors from the Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine are responsible for genome-based diagnosis, while specialized professors from related clinical departments such as Oncology, Neurology, Nephrology, Obstetrics and Gynecology, Neurosurgery, and Pediatrics manage treatment and patient health care. Additionally, professional coordinators provide tailored management and education according to the situations of patients and their guardians.

At the symposium held alongside the center's opening ceremony, discussions were held on topics including ▲hereditary cancer testing and guidelines ▲tumor genomic analysis and clinical trials ▲diagnostic approaches for undiagnosed rare diseases ▲the significance of genetic diagnosis in common diseases, covering the field of precision genomic clinical medicine.

Jung Hee-jin, director of Korea University Guro Hospital, stated, "Through the opening of this center, we will provide more precise disease diagnosis based on individual patient characteristics and genetic information, offer personalized medical services, and predict diseases in patients' families, thereby realizing truly patient-centered care through precision medicine. Furthermore, we will lead advanced medicine by promoting research in cancer, rare diseases, and genetic disorders."

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