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Molecular profiling in precision medicine oncology

Three innovative precision medicine studies show the utility of evidence beyond that from tumor DNA sequencing to guide therapy in patients with cancer.

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Fig. 1: New concepts evaluated in the I-PREDICT, TARGET and WINTHER studies.

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Le Tourneau, C., Borcoman, E. & Kamal, M. Molecular profiling in precision medicine oncology. Nat Med 25, 711–712 (2019). https://doi.org/10.1038/s41591-019-0442-2

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