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LDP Panel Chief Calls for Earlier CGP Coverage in Cancer Care
Japan should expand insurance coverage for comprehensive genomic profiling (CGP) testing so that cancer patients can undergo the tests from the early stages of treatment, ruling Liberal Democratic Party lawmaker Tamayo Marukawa told Jiho. Marukawa, chair of the LDP’s Special…
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