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In Maine, Making Cancer DNA Tests Freeā€”And Asking Tough Questions

Xconomy

Has the era of genetic oncology arrived? Last week, the biomedical world took a notable step in that direction when the FDA said Merck’s drug pembrolizumab (Keytruda), already one of the world’s most successful cancer immunotherapies, could now treat any tumor with a particular genetic fingerprint.

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