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Over the past three decades, cancer genetics has transformed precision oncology. Germline testing has advanced from single-gene Sanger sequencing to parallel sequencing of hundreds of genes, while tumor (somatic) testing has expanded with the rise of targeted therapies based on point mutations, copy number changes and other alterations.
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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.
