Personalized treatment in colon cancer

Colorectal cancer is the 3rd leading cause of cancer mortality worldwide with an estimate 639000 deaths per year.the past 5 years have witnessed extraordinary advances in the field of DNA sequencing tecnology.NGS allowed researchers to sequence individual genomes and match combinations of mutations with specific diseases.As cancer is inherently a disease of the genome,it is not surprising to see NGS tecnology already being applied to cancer research with promises of greater underestanding of carcinogenesis.Now we are going to discuss recent advances in NGS and spiculate on future directions for the application of this tecnology to colorectal cancer diagnosis and treatment.

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