The road to precision oncology

The road to precision oncology

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The ultimate goal of precision medicine is to use population-based molecular, clinical and other data to make individually tailored clinical decisions for patients, although the path to


achieving this goal is not entirely clear. A new study shows how knowledge banks of patient data can be used to make individual treatment decisions in acute myeloid leukemia. Access through


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* Andrew V. Biankin is at the Wolfson Wohl Cancer Research Centre, University of Glasgow, Glasgow, UK., Andrew V Biankin Authors * Andrew V Biankin View author publications You can also


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interests. RIGHTS AND PERMISSIONS Reprints and permissions ABOUT THIS ARTICLE CITE THIS ARTICLE Biankin, A. The road to precision oncology. _Nat Genet_ 49, 320–321 (2017).


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