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Matching cancer genomes to established cell lines for personalized oncology.
Pacific Symposium on Biocomputing. Pacific Symposium on Biocomputing - 1 Jan 2011
Dudley Joel T, Chen Rong, Butte Atul J
Abstract excerpt
The diagnosis and treatment of cancers, which rank among the leading causes of mortality in developed nations, presents substantial clinical challenges. The genetic and epigenetic heterogeneity of tumors can lead to differential response to therapy and gross disparities in patient outcomes, even for tumors originating from similar tissues. High-throughput DNA sequencing technologies hold promise to improve the...
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