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A SNaPshot of potentially personalized care: Molecular diagnostics in gynecologic cancer.
Gynecologic oncology - 1 Apr 2016
Penson R T, Sales E, Sullivan L, Borger D R, Krasner C N, Goodman A K, del Carmen M G, Growdon W B, Schorge J O, Boruta D M, Castro C M, Dizon D S, Birrer M J
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BACKGROUND: Genetic abnormalities underlie the development and progression of cancer, and represent potential opportunities for personalized cancer therapy in Gyn malignancies. METHODS: We identified Gyn oncology patients at the MGH Cancer Center with tumors genotyped for a panel of mutations by SNaPshot, a CLIA approved assay, validated in lung cancer, that uses SNP genotyping in degraded DNA from FFPE tissue to...
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