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Integration of Wet and Dry Bench Processes Optimizes Targeted Next-generation Sequencing of Low-quality and Low-quantity Tumor Biopsies
Published on: April 11, 2016
Abstract:
Landmark discoveries in cancer research improve clinical therapies. To bring these therapies to the right patients quickly and safely requires well-designed clinical trials. Harmony Turk of Cancer Cell and Sara Hamilton of Cell Reports Medicine spoke with Dr. Lillian Siu of Princess Margaret Cancer Center, Dr. Carl June of the University of Pennsylvania's Perelman School of Medicine, and Dr. Patrick Ott of Dana-Farber Cancer Institute on improving the design of oncology clinical trials in the evolving landscape of precision medicine. Excerpts from this conversation are presented below, and the full conversation is available with the article online. Editor's note: Some text was subsequently revised for clarity and conciseness.
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