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Genetic test aids lung cancer fight

Helps physicians choose treatment

By Gareth Cook
Globe Staff / August 10, 2006

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Scientists have developed a powerful new genetic test to determine which lung cancer patients should get chemotherapy, saying the advance could save thousands of lives every year and heralds the growing importance of genetic profiling in cancer care. (Full article: 910 words)

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