Exact Sciences Continues to Surprise to the Upside

Exact Sciences (NASDAQ: EXAS) reported second-quarter financial results today that exceeded industry-watchers' forecasts, continuing a string of successes that has frustrated short-sellers and caused shares to more than double in the past year. Can this company continue its winning ways?

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