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Implementing a personalized medicine cancer program in a community cancer system

    Lynn G Dressler

    *Author for correspondence: Tel.: +1 828 620 1143;

    E-mail Address: Lgdconsulting512@gmail.com

    Independent Consultant, LGD consulting, Fairview, NC 287303, USA

    Independent Consultant, Asheville, NC 288014, USA

    Duke University Research Institute, Durham, NC 28777, USA

    Mission Health Cancer Center, Hospital Drive, Asheville, NC 28801, USA

    ,
    Gillian C Bell

    Mission Health Cancer Center, Hospital Drive, Asheville, NC 28801, USA

    ,
    David P Schuetze

    Mission Health Cancer Center, Hospital Drive, Asheville, NC 28801, USA

    ,
    Mark R Steciuk

    Mission Health Cancer Center, Hospital Drive, Asheville, NC 28801, USA

    ,
    Oliver A Binns

    Mission Health Cancer Center, Hospital Drive, Asheville, NC 28801, USA

    ,
    Rachel E Raab

    Mission Health Cancer Center, Hospital Drive, Asheville, NC 28801, USA

    Independent Scholar, Asheville, NC 2880, USA

    ,
    Pearl M Abernathy

    Mission Health Cancer Center, Hospital Drive, Asheville, NC 28801, USA

    ,
    Carolyn M Wilson

    Mission Health Cancer Center, Hospital Drive, Asheville, NC 28801, USA

    ,
    Sedope E Kunutsor

    Mission Health Cancer Center, Hospital Drive, Asheville, NC 28801, USA

    Texas Cancer Registry, Austin, TX 73301

    ,
    Marika C Loveless

    Duke University Research Institute, Durham, NC 28777, USA

    Mission Health Cancer Center, Hospital Drive, Asheville, NC 28801, USA

    ,
    Paul M Ahearne

    Mission Health Cancer Center, Hospital Drive, Asheville, NC 28801, USA

    &
    Michael J Messino

    Mission Health Cancer Center, Hospital Drive, Asheville, NC 28801, USA

    Published Online:https://doi.org/10.2217/pme-2018-0112
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    Papers of special note have been highlighted as: • of interest; •• of considerable interest

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