The Zero Childhood Cancer Program’s multi-platform sequencing approach identified molecular alterations in 94% of a cohort of 247 pediatric patients with high-risk cancers, which has enabled more-precise diagnoses and alternative therapeutic recommendations.
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Hadjadj, D., Deshmukh, S. & Jabado, N. Entering the era of precision medicine in pediatric oncology. Nat Med 26, 1684–1685 (2020). https://doi.org/10.1038/s41591-020-1119-6
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