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The TCGA network describes uterine and bile duct cancer.
… NHGRI Communications and Public Liaison Branch … The Cancer Genome Atlas (TCGA), a program co-funded by the National Cancer Institute and NHGRI, has greatly improved our … of Breast Cancer The TCGA data, more than two petabytes in total from 33 cancer types, catalogs all the key genomic …
Educational Resources
Cancer is a group of diseases characterized by uncontrolled cell growth.
… Cancer … Cancer is a group of diseases characterized by uncontrolled … Tumor, Family Health History … Cancer is a disease in which some of the body’s cells grow uncontrollably. There … (such as tobacco smoke or the sun’s ultraviolet rays). In certain cases, mutations in cancer genes are inherited, …
15 Ways Genomics Influences Our World
Genomics is transforming how we study, diagnose and treat cancer.
… Genomics is transforming how we study, diagnose and treat cancer. … Did you know that we are increasingly able to … moving toward treating cancers not by where they are found in the body, but by how their genomes have changed? Cancer is caused by changes in your genome, but advances in …
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Stomach cancers fall into four distinct molecular subtypes researchers with The Cancer Genome Atlas Network have found.
… into four distinct molecular subtypes researchers with The Cancer Genome Atlas (TCGA) Network have found. In the study, published online July 23, 2014, in Nature , the … researchers think about developing treatments for stomach cancer, also called gastric cancers or gastric …
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Elaine Ostrander is chief of NHGRI's Cancer Genetics and Comparative Genomics Branch.
… is Chief and Distinguished Senior Investigator of the Cancer Genetics and Comparative Genomics Branch at the … Cancer Research Center and University of Washington in 1993, rising to the rank of Member in the Human Biology … of the digit 26 , transitional cell carcinoma of the bladder 27, 28 , and canine transmissible venereal tumors …
Talking Glossary
El cáncer es una enfermedad en la que algunas células del cuerpo crecen fuera de control. Hay muchos tipos diferentes de cáncer, y cada uno comienza cuando una única célula adquiere un cambio genómico (o mutación) que le permite dividirse y multiplicarse sin control.
… que le permite dividirse y multiplicarse sin control. … Cancer is a disease in which some of the body’s cells grow uncontrollably. There are many different types of cancer, and each begins when a single cell acquires a genomic …
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NHGRI researchers have generated the largest catalog of genetic variants associated with physical traits for domesticated dog breeds.
… Prabarna Ganguly, Ph.D. … In 2019, 'King' the Wire Fox Terrier won the Westminster Dog Show in Madison Square Garden, having competed against 2,800 dogs from 203 breeds. The sheer number of dog breeds points …
Genetic Disorders
Colon cancer is a malignant tumor of the large intestine that affects both men and women.
… Colon cancer, a malignant tumor of the large intestine, affects both men and women. In the United States, approximately 160,000 new cases of colorectal cancer are diagnosed each year. … Colon cancer, a malignant …
Genetic Disorders
Prostate cancer is a disease where certain cells in the prostate become abnormal and multiply to form a tumor.
… Prostate cancer is the most common cancer in American men aside from skin cancer. One in 6 American men … out of the body (the urethra). It sits just below the bladder. … Age: A man's age is the strongest risk factor for …
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Investigators with The Cancer Genome Atlas have discovered genomic differences in head and neck cancers caused by infection with the human papillomavirus.
… Steven Benowitz … Investigators with The Cancer Genome Atlas (TCGA) Research Network have discovered … - with potentially important clinical implications - in head and neck cancers caused by infection with the human … … The researchers also uncovered new smoking-related cancer subtypes and potential new drug targets, and found …