European Association for Predictive, Preventive & Personalised Medicine, Brussels, Belgium ; Department of Radiology, Rheinische Friedrich-Wilhelms-University of Bonn, Sigmund-Freud-Str. 25, D-53105 Bonn, Germany.
EPMA J. 2012 Mar 28;3(1):5. doi: 10.1186/1878-5085-3-5. eCollection 2012.
Changing long-held beliefs is never easy. As a consequence of the accumulating clinical data and knowledge about the epidemiology and pathological mechanisms of the most frequent causes of morbidity and mortality, we are currently reconsidering our view of the origins and progression of cardiovascular, oncologic and neurodegenerative diseases. Optimistic versus pessimistic prognosis for healthcare sector depends much on diagnostic, preventive and treatment approaches, which healthcare systems will preferably adopt in the near future. PPPM offers great promise for the future practice of medicine. We are pleased to announce this first open access volume of The EPMA Journal following its transfer to BioMed Central two years after publication of the first article in the journal.
改变长期以来的信念绝非易事。随着关于发病率和死亡率最常见原因的流行病学和病理机制的临床数据和知识的积累，我们目前正在重新审视心血管疾病、肿瘤和神经退行性疾病的起源和发展。医疗保健部门的乐观和悲观预后在很大程度上取决于诊断、预防和治疗方法，医疗保健系统在不久的将来将更倾向于采用这些方法。PPPM 为未来的医学实践带来了巨大的希望。我们很高兴在该杂志发表第一篇文章两年后，将 EPMA 杂志转移到生物医学中心后，宣布这第一卷开放获取。
