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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
National
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Study mines cancer genetics to help with targeted treatment

ASSOCIATED PRESS

Scientists have analyzed the full genetic blueprints of more than 18,000 cancer samples, finding new patterns of mutations that could help doctors provide better, more personalized treatment.

Their study, published Thursday in the journal Science, isn’t the first to do such comprehensive “whole genome” analyses of cancer samples. But no one has ever done so many.

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