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Direct-to-Consumer Personal Genome Testing and Cancer Risk Prediction
1 Jul 2012
Abstract excerpt
The last several years has witnessed an explosion in genomics, with the advent of genome-wide association studies revealing hundreds of DNA variants significantly associated with most common diseases, including cancer. On the heels of these scientific advances came the direct-to-consumer (DTC) genetic testing industry. Genome-wide scans for disease have been marketed and sold directly to the public, without the...
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