A Head Start: The Power and Promise of Genetic Testing for Cancer

October 11, 2024

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Lowell General Hospital’s Mary Schmitt, Clinical Genetics Nurse Practitioner, explains how genetic testing and precision medicine are changing cancer care.

Learn how the cancer experts at Tufts Medicine harness the power of genetic testing and precision oncology to deliver personalized cancer care. Lowell General Hospital’s Mary Schmitt, Clinical Genetics Nurse Practitioner, explains how genetic testing and precision medicine are changing cancer care and saving lives.

 

 

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MENTIONED IN THIS PAGE:

• Lowell General Hospital
• Breast Health
• Cancer
• Genetics
• Mary L Schmitt, MS, CNP, ACGN, AOCNP

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