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Nathan A. Pennell, MD, PhD, on NSCLC: Lowering Genetic Testing Costs

2018 ASCO Annual Meeting

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Nathan A. Pennell, MD, PhD, of the Cleveland Clinic, discusses the economic impact of next generation sequencing vs sequential single-gene testing modalities to detect genomic alterations in newly diagnosed metastatic non–small cell lung cancer (Abstract 9031).



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