Welcome to our blog on precision oncology, "Cancer is Personal", a space dedicated to exploring how personalized, data-driven cancer treatments are transforming cancer care, improving outcomes, and minimizing side effects.

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Liquid Biopsy: A Window into What Your Cancer Is Doing Right Now

Introduction In our last article we talked about why cancers can be so hard to treat, and how tumors are not the uniform masses most people picture. They are diverse, constantly evolving, and capable of adapting to the treatments designed to fight them. That raises a really important question. If cancer can change over time, […]

Kira Grewal, MSc
October 1, 2026

5 min read

The Challenges of Deployment: An Introduction

Introduction Modern diagnostic tests have evolved. They’re no longer stripes on a swab or colors in a test tube. Today, many of the most powerful diagnostics generate enormous amounts of biological data and rely on sophisticated algorithms to interpret it. And this is necessary, given what they’re expected to analyze. A metabolomic test might look […]

Ryan Sayers
September 28, 2026

4 min read

Why Cancers Stop Responding to Treatment: Understanding Tumor Heterogeneity and Resistance

Introduction Over the last few articles we have been taking a close look at how molecular testing is changing the way papillary thyroid cancer is diagnosed and treated. Today we are going to zoom out and look at a challenge that affects patients across almost every cancer type, and one that gets to the heart […]

Kira Grewal, MSc
September 2, 2026

5 min read

Gene Expression Panels: Listening to What Your Tumor Is Doing

Introduction When most people think about cancer testing, they think about looking for something specific. A mutation, a protein, a genetic change. The tests we explored in our previous articles largely work this way: they scan a tumor for a known target and tell you whether it is there or not. But what if the […]

Kira Grewal, MSc
May 27, 2026

4 min read

Predictive Biomarkers: Matching the Right Treatment to the Right Patient

Introduction In our previous article, we explored the different categories of biomarkers used in cancer care, from those that signal disease risk to those that help monitor a patient’s response over time. Among these categories, one stands out as particularly central to the promise of precision oncology: the predictive biomarker. While prognostic biomarkers tell us […]

Kira Grewal, MSc
April 30, 2026

7 min read

From Lab to Clinic: The Diagnostic Tests Putting Precision Oncology into Practice

Introduction In our previous article, we explored the different types of biomarkers and why they matter in cancer care. Biomarkers can signal disease risk, confirm a diagnosis, predict how a cancer will behave, and guide treatment decisions. But knowing that these biomarkers exist is only part of the story. The next question is how these […]

Kira Grewal, MSc
April 16, 2026

5 min read
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