Genetic evaluation and testing for hereditary forms of cancer in the era of next-generation sequencing

Genetic evaluation and testing for hereditary forms of cancer in the era of next-generation sequencing

The introduction of next-generation sequencing (NGS) technology in testing for hereditary cancer susceptibility allows testing of multiple cancer susceptibility genes simultaneously. While there are many potential benefits to utilizing this technology in the hereditary cancer clinic, including effic...

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Main Authors: Christine Stanislaw, Yuan Xue, William R. Wilcox
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: China Anti-Cancer Association 2016-03-01
Series:Cancer Biology & Medicine
Subjects:
Genetic counseling
genetic testing
informed consent
high-throughput nucleotide sequencing
neoplastic syndromes, hereditary
Online Access:http://www.cancerbiomed.org/index.php/cocr/article/view/908

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http://www.cancerbiomed.org/index.php/cocr/article/view/908

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