What qualifications do your client strategists have?
How do I know your information is good?
Why wouldn't I just go to the world's expert on my cancer?
I really like my current doctor. Will I need to switch?
Are your services covered by insurance?
What does my enrollment fee pay for?
How often can we call our client strategist?
What are clinical trials?
Does N-of-One provide direct care?
Are you affiliated with any cancer centers or companies?
We will provide our clients and their medical teams with consultation on state-of-the-art individualized cancer diagnostic and treatment strategies. See our Customized Cancer Strategies.
We are focused on comprehensive tumor tissue analysis for each client. This includes as much diagnostic testing on the individual's tumor cells as possible. Greater understanding of what is driving the growth of an individual's tumor may help direct treatment strategies to more effectively stop the tumor growth.
Our client strategists have medical and scientific training and are qualified to identify and evaluate biomedical and clinical research.
Our goal is to provide the best-quality information and services focused on our clients' needs. Our consultants are trained at leading universities and medical schools, and are selected for their ability to think critically and creatively. Our outside consulting physicians and scientists are among the best in the world. You are welcome to have our reports reviewed by independent experts and the reports will be reviewed by your medical team.
Often there is more than one expert, and not all may agree. In addition, there is quite a lot of diagnostic testing on tumor tissue that is not available through any one institution or individual other than through N-of-One.
Consulting multiple experts without the help of N-of-One would be time-consuming and expensive, and you may need help understanding the various options. N-of-One will provide information that will help you understand each option and thereby help you and your medical team decide if one or more may be better for you.
Also, experts are usually tied to institutional protocols or have more experience with one particular course of treatment which may influence their suggestions. Our service will provide unbiased information on many potential treatment choices. We can combine additional physician opinions and extensive research to help provide the best information for you and your medical team on understanding your cancer and treatment options. Also, additional opinions can help ensure that the diagnosis is correct.
No. Not unless you want to. We will work with your medical team to bring them updated scientific and medical information that is relevant to your particular tumor and therapeutic options. We can assist in bringing cutting-edge diagnostic and therapeutic options to busy practitioners to help them access information to allow them to make highly informed treatment decisions.
No. N-of-One provides customized knowledge, research and related services. In order to provide you the most complete and comprehensive information, we are not affiliated with any insurance carriers or limited by what they will reimburse as covered services.
It pays for the services outlined in the client agreement form. You will still be required to assume responsibility for payment of charges from physicians, healthcare facilities, diagnostic labs, etc. (Some of these may be covered by your health insurance policy or employer self-insured plan.)
As frequently as you need to.
Clinical trials are the way that new drugs and technologies are tested and evaluated for safety and effectiveness. Data from clinical trials are submitted to the FDA, which has to approve a treatment before it can come to market. Many patients do not know about clinical trials, how to figure out eligibility or how to evaluate the risks and benefits. A patient's personal physician may not have the time or resources to evaluate and select an appropriate clinical trial.
No. We do not provide any medical treatment. N-of-One offers expertise in researching and analyzing information to allow for a customized approach to each individual's care. Your medical team will make the decision on which treatment strategy to implement and will provide the direct care.
No. We are independent and unbiased. While we work closely with leading cancer centers and companies, we do not have a vested interest in any research program or product.
