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SUBMITTER: Bailey AM
PROVIDER: S-EPMC4160907 | biostudies-other | 2014 Feb
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-other
Bailey Ann M AM Mao Yong Y Zeng Jia J Holla Vijaykumar V Johnson Amber A Brusco Lauren L Chen Ken K Mendelsohn John J Routbort Mark J MJ Mills Gordon B GB Meric-Bernstam Funda F
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There has been growing interest in biomarker-driven personalized cancer therapy, also known as precision medicine. Recently, dozens of molecular tests, including next generation sequencing, have been developed to detect biomarkers that have the potential to predict response of cancers to particular targeted therapies. However, detection of cancer-related biomarkers is only the first step in the battle. Deciding what therapy options to pursue can also be daunting, especially when tumors harbor mo ...[more]