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Cancer, how it works and how it is judged

Karyotype and gene panels

A karyotype sees whole chromosomes under a microscope; a gene panel reads a few hundred human genes. Neither is built to notice a cell that is not human, and the sequencer throws those reads away.

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Investigation 001

What the Slide Cannot Say

Three parasites cause cancer. Nobody is checking for a fourth.

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