At risk cancer patients across Canada may now be able to have their tumors molecularly profiled using next-generation sequencing (NGS) as part of a national effort to expedite enrollments in clinical trials. Led by Exactis Innovation, a non-profit organization focused on accelerating precision cancer research and access to targeted therapies, the program’s NGS-based studies will be standardized on Thermo Fisher Scientific’s Oncomine assays and Ion GeneStudio S5 Series systems.
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