cancer genome sequencing

Scientists let GENIE data “out of the bottle”

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Nearly 19,000 de-identified genomic records from cancer patients treated by an international group of hospitals, including the Johns Hopkins Kimmel Cancer Center, have been collected in a database coordinated by the American Association for Cancer Research (AACR) and are now available to scientists across the globe. The data was gathered from the genomic sequencing of(...)

Jan 17, 2017 No comments

Perspective on a breast cancer genome sequencing study

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In today's lineup of stories covered by WNYC's radio program The Takeaway, Kimmel Cancer Center expert Josh Lauring, M.D., Ph.D., provides his perspective on a new study published yesterday in the journal Nature by the Wellcome Trust Sanger Institute. The study is an analysis of the genomic sequencing of 560 breast cancer patients. Listen to Lauring and radio host John(...)

May 3, 2016 2 comments

Cancer News Review

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Cancer headlines this past month included two studies on colonoscopy, a screening tool for colon cancer.  The first study looks at the long-term benefits of colonoscopy and found that 50 percent of colon cancer cases were avoided by a single colonscopy.  In the Cancer News Review podcast, William Nelson, M.D., Ph.D., director of the Johns Hopkins Kimmel Cancer(...)

Apr 5, 2012 1 comment