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A repurposed cancer drug appears to reduce the severity of lesions and pain experienced by people with Proteus syndrome
… A repurposed cancer drug appears to reduce the severity of lesions and pain … people with Proteus syndrome, a rare genomic disease. The drug, miransertib, was well tolerated, even in children, … goal in using the drug was very different from its use in cancer therapy. In cancer, the objective is to eliminate all …
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Investigators with The Cancer Genome Atlas Research Network have identified new potential therapeutic targets for a major form of bladder cancer.
… Investigators with The Cancer Genome Atlas (TCGA) Research Network have identified … potential therapeutic targets for a major form of bladder cancer, including important genes and pathways that are … that, at the molecular level, some subtypes of bladder cancer - also known as urothelial carcinoma - resemble …
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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.
… Investigators with The Cancer Genome Atlas (TCGA) Research Network have discovered … The researchers also uncovered new smoking-related cancer subtypes and potential new drug targets, and found numerous genomic similarities with … molecular alterations in head and neck cancers, potential drug targets …
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Researchers are asking if the precision medicine approach will reduce or eliminate the role that race plays in prescribing drugs and in health care overall.
… the complex interplay of ancestry, health, disease and drug response. … prescribing drugs and in health care overall. "We focus on drug therapies because that's where the precision medicine … imprecise prescribing practices. This means including in drug studies people from diverse social, racial and ethnic, …
Genetic Disorders
Breast cancer is the second most common cancer in women after skin cancer.
… Breast cancer is the second most common cancer in women after skin cancer. Each year, approximately 200,000 women in the United … Breast cancer is a common disease. Each year, approximately 200,000 … women in the United States are diagnosed with breast cancer, and one in nine American women will develop breast …
Genetic Disorders
Skin cancer is the most common type of cancer in the United States.
… Skin cancer is the most common type of cancer in the United States. An estimated 40 to 50 percent of Americans who live to age 65 will have skin cancer at least once. … Skin cancer is the most common type of cancer in the United States. An estimated 40 to 50 percent of …
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The TCGA network describes uterine and bile duct cancer.
… The Cancer Genome Atlas (TCGA), a program co-funded by the National Cancer Institute and NHGRI, has greatly improved our … - outlining the molecular similarities between different cancer patients and cancer types, as well as documenting what … The Molecular Characteristics of Breast Cancer The TCGA data, more than two petabytes in total from …
Educational Resources
Cancer is a group of diseases characterized by uncontrolled cell growth.
… Cancer … Cancer is a group of diseases characterized by uncontrolled … Cancer, Cell Division, Mutation, DNA Error, Metastasis, … 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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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, … researchers think about developing treatments for stomach cancer, also called gastric cancers or gastric … Classification System Instead of considering gastric cancer as a single disease, as has been done in the past, …
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. … found in the body, but by how their genomes have changed? Cancer is caused by changes in your genome, but advances in … technology are leading to a new understanding of cancer and new ways for diagnosing and treating many types of …