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Evening Standard
Evening Standard
Storm Newton

Thousands of women with breast cancer may benefit from genetic tests – study

Some patients with Lynch syndrome may be missing out on vital testing, academics have said (Alamy/PA) -

More than 15,000 women a year who have breast cancer in the UK would benefit from tests that analyse DNA for changes or mutations, a study has suggested.

Having a patient’s entire genetic readout using whole genome sequencing could help guide personalised treatments and open up recruitment to clinical trials, according to researchers.

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