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Personalized test tracks cancer relapse

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Genomic analysis of lung-tumour evolution has been used to create personalized blood tests that enable successful clinical monitoring for early signs of cancer relapse — a promising step on the road to precision medicine. See Article p.446

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Figure 1: Monitoring lung-cancer evolution to detect early relapse after surgery.

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  • 20 July 2017

    An earlier version of this article spelled the ERBB2 gene name incorrectly.

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    Alberto Bardelli

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Bardelli, A. Personalized test tracks cancer relapse. Nature 545, 417–418 (2017). https://doi.org/10.1038/545417a

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