Advances in cancer genomics and precision oncology.

🤖 Plain-English Summary

Next-generation sequencing has revolutionized genome science over the last two decades. Unlike the "one-size-fits-all" approach of traditional medicine, precision medicine allows for customized or personalized treatment based on genomic information.

🔑 Key Findings

• Indeed, the wealth of sequence information on our genome has deepened our understanding on cancer.
• Cancer is a genetic disease caused by genetic or epigenetic alternations that affect the expression of genes that control cell functions, particularly cell growth and division.
• Utilization of next-generation sequencing in cancer gene panels has enabled the identification of actionable gene alterations in cancer patients to guide personalized precision medicine.

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