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Genetic tests to detect cancer are feasible. But with researchers drowning in a sea of biomarkers and little financial incentive to get the tests on the shelves, the idea is floundering. Virginia Gewin reports.

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Gewin, V. Missing the mark. Nature 449, 770–771 (2007). https://doi.org/10.1038/449770a

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