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In what areas of medicine is personal genetics testing a routine part of disease diagnosis and treatment?
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Oncology/cancer: many cancers are genetic so many oncologist will use genetics to identify those at higher risk
Answered 11/12/2014
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Over 2000 tests: Hi SuH543 why not check out http://www.nlm.nih.gov/medlineplus/genetictesting.html good luck
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