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Doing Less Can Be Doing More for Healthcare – the Biggest Takeaway From ASCO 2018

Health Populi

The study, Adjuvant Chemotherapy Guided by a 21-Gene Expression Assay in Breast Cancer, was published in The New England Journal of Medicine on June 3, 2018, coinciding with the researchers’ ASCO presentation of the results. The test is called the Oncotype DX Breast Recurrence Score.

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Potential of Implementing Polygenic Risk Scores in Healthcare Systems

HIT Consultant

Although no one would argue with the importance of this idea, when it comes to our health, it doesn’t exactly hold. Some of us will live long lives in relatively good health, while others will succumb to the disease. Take breast cancer as an example.

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Health Provider News

Hall Render

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