Editorial: Treatment decision making in the era of genetic testing and molecular diagnostics

Affiliations

¹ Department of Surgery, Department of Genetics, and the Montefiore Einstein Center for Cancer Care, Montefiore Health System, Albert Einstein College of Medicine, Bronx, NY. Electronic address: slibutti@montefiore.org.

Comment

Steven K Libutti. Surgery. 2017 Jan.

. 2017 Jan;161(1):228-229.

doi: 10.1016/j.surg.2016.10.009. Epub 2016 Nov 15.

¹ Department of Surgery, Department of Genetics, and the Montefiore Einstein Center for Cancer Care, Montefiore Health System, Albert Einstein College of Medicine, Bronx, NY. Electronic address: slibutti@montefiore.org.

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