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Old 07-24-2013, 10:28 AM   #3
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Re: Research team receives NCI grant to develop precision therapies that kill cancer

GDP,

What is this program?

Three federal agencies, NCI, FDA, and CMS, announced a program to try to identify biological indicators, or biomarkers, which may indicate whether a cancer patient is likely to benefit from a given anti-cancer therapy, or even whether they will suffer from certain side effects.
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