AN ENGINEERING APPROACH TO TRANSLATION MEDICINE
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Technical Note
P: 188-190
July 2008

AN ENGINEERING APPROACH TO TRANSLATION MEDICINE

Eur J Breast Health 2008;4(3):188-190
1. Dokuz Eylül Üniversitesi, Tıbbi Biyoloji ve Genetik Anabilim Dalı, İzmir, Türkiye
2. Dokuz Eylül Üniversitesi, Temel Onkoloji Anabilim Dalı, İzmir, Türkiye
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Received Date: 10.05.2008
Accepted Date: 27.07.2008
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ABSTRACT

Physician-scientists may benefi t from an approach that emphasizes solving problems over generating hypotheses. An engineering perspective treats the patient as a system, or a set of subsystems, that has been acted on, diff erentially, by many elements that infl uence its state at critical points over time. I propose that an engineering approach, what might be called “real systems analysis,” may be a better way for scientists to identify and develop solutions for biomedical problems.

Keywords:
breast cancer, TNM, translational medicine, translation