Cristina Rodríguez-Antona
Researcher at the Centro Nacional de Investigaciones Oncológicas, president of the Commission of Personalised Medicine of the Spanish Association of Human Genetics and vice-president of the Spanish Society of Pharmacogenetics and Pharmacogenomics
To date, Spain is still the only country in Europe without a Genetics speciality. This speciality is fundamental for the promotion of precision medicine. Genetics is used in a multitude of medical disciplines and is critical for the diagnosis of many diseases and for selecting the most effective and safest treatments for each patient. For example, oncology patients and those with rare diseases will benefit enormously from being able to have rapid and accurate diagnoses that open up the opportunity to access specific treatments. Without Genetics specialists, genomic medicine will not be able to develop effectively and equitably in the country.