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Harnessing cancer genomes for precision oncology

Nature Genetics volume 56, pages 1768–1769 (2024)Cite this article

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Precision oncology has just received a boost: a report on the prevalence of mutations in cancer driver genes based on whole genome sequencing of 10,000 clinical cases. The challenge ahead lies in how to explore the data to accelerate new discoveries in cancer biology while advancing precision oncology.

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Fig. 1: The roundabout of harvesting cancer genomes accelerates discovery and translation.

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