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  • Precancerous growth in a human colon
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    …is produced by ovarian cancers; CA 19-9, which is an indicator of pancreatic or gastrointestinal cancers; and alpha-fetoprotein and chorionic gonadotropin, which can indicate testicular cancer. The diagnostic tests that are necessary to identify genetic alterations and tumor markers and thereby predict the efficacy of a drug are sometimes referred…

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    …is produced by ovarian cancers; CA 19-9, which is an indicator of pancreatic or gastrointestinal cancers; and alpha-fetoprotein and chorionic gonadotropin, which can indicate testicular cancer. The diagnostic tests that are necessary to identify genetic alterations and tumor markers and thereby predict the efficacy of a drug are sometimes referred…

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