Liquid Biopsy to Inform Targeted Tx of Colorectal Cancer

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Conference|ASCO Annual Meeting: Gastrointestinal Cancer

In this video, Dr. Heinz-Josef Lenz outlines the many advantages that development of liquid biopsy is affording cancer patients.

In this video, Dr. Heinz-Josef Lenz outlines the many advantages that development of liquid biopsy is affording cancer patients.

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