New genetic testing pathways could ensure patients get personalised treatments and help to catch more BRCA-linked cancer cases

Image: High throughput DNA sequencing, Credit: National Cancer Institute via Unsplash. Scientists from The Institute of Cancer Research,...
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from: The Institute of Cancer Research (ICR)

BRCA mutation, Breast cancer, Genetic testing, Genetics, Ovarian cancer

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