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Comment
. 2020 Mar;25(3):183-185.
doi: 10.1634/theoncologist.2019-0650. Epub 2019 Oct 16.

Completing the Translation

Robert T McCormack  1 , Daniel F Hayes  2   3
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Completing the Translation

Robert T McCormack et al. Oncologist. 2020 Mar.

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  • Completing the Translation.
    McCormack RT, Hayes DF. McCormack RT, et al. Oncologist. 2020 May;25(5):e878. doi: 10.1634/theoncologist.2020-0217. Oncologist. 2020. PMID: 33404116 Free PMC article. No abstract available.

Abstract

Comprehensive standards and guidelines for generating and reporting laboratory results are needed, especially as related to the translation of biology to precision medicine. This commentary focuses on the topic, highlighting a new study that investigated laboratories reporting next‐generation sequencing results to clinicians.

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