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| Term | WGS |
| Short definition | WGS - A laboratory method used to learn the exact order of all the building blocks (nucleotides) that make up a person's genome (complete set of DNA). WGS is used to find changes that can cause diseases like cancer. |
| Type | Cancer terms |
| Specialty | Oncology |
| Language | English |
| Source | NCI |
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WGS - A laboratory method used to learn the exact order of all the building blocks (nucleotides) that make up a person's genome (complete set of DNA). WGS is used to find changes that can cause diseases like cancer. Also called whole genome sequencing
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