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Every cancer patient could have DNA tested

04-Jul-2017

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Professor Dame Sally Davies envisions millions of patients having their DNA tested routinely.

Whole genome sequencing involves 3.2 billion letters of code.

Price of tests has to an average £680.

60 % of cancer patients have actionable data - mutations that can shape future treatment.

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Dame Sally Davies

British physician and academic administrator who was the Chief Medical Officer for England from 2010 to 2019

NHS

UK National Health Service, publicly funded healthcare system in England

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Precision Medicine, DNA Testing