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Cover Story
ClinicalTrials & Tribulations
By Wenora Johnson, Danielle Ripley-Burgess, Heather Hampel, Folasade (Fola) P. May, Anjee Davis and Richard M. Goldberg
Technological advances are transforming our understanding of cancer, accelerating the evolution of new treatment approaches. In the past decades, researchers deploying new techniques for analyzing DNA have extended our knowledge of inherited genetic abnormalities that can predispose a person to develop colorectal and other cancers.
In Brief
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Clinical Roundup
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