Precision medicine—in which diagnosis and treatments are keyed to the genetic susceptibilities of individual cancers—has advanced to the point where it can now impact the care of a majority of children with brain tumors, a new study by investigators at Harvard Medical School and Dana-Farber/Boston Children’s Cancer and Blood Disorders Center suggests. Funding for this project was provided by a partnership of non-profit foundations and government agencies including AKBTC.
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Dana Farber/Boston Children’s News Release, January 19, 2017
Dana Farber Cancer Institute Spotlight Online, February 2017