A sample such as blood or a small piece of the cancer is taken by a specially trained nurse or doctor.
In a laboratory scientists can remove the DNA from the sample. Special technology can read the DNA sequence and with the help of computers the DNA can be analysed on a screen to look for specific changes or mutations.
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