Treatment
Mutations in a gene of an organism with mutated blood cells
What is FLT3?
Cancer can be considered a kind of this
What is mutation?
Studies cancers associated with HIV infection
What is The Cancer Genome Characterization Initiative?
Cancer can be treated by detecting changes in this
What is the genome?
Treatments are sometimes ineffective because the cancer cells have built a this to them
What is resistance?
This is an important factor to consider when treating a patient
What is heredity?
A part of the Precision Cancer Medicine effort at multiple institutes
What is the Center for Cancer Genomics?
What is a blood sample?
Vemurafenib can be used to treat cancer patients with changes in this gene
What is the
Subtypes of cancer were discovered when scientists profiled the genome of these kinds of cells
What are tumor cells?
Generates cancer models using cutting of the edge technology
What is the Human Cancer Models Initiative?
This will be performed in order to get a sample of cancer cells for testing
What is a biopsy?
What is the TP53 gene?
These kinds of changes help better diagnose cancer
What are genetic and
Collaboration between various other
What is the The Cancer Genome Atlas?
Genetic testing was incorporated into this field to better help those in it
What is oncology?
An early treatment targeted at those with HER2-positive breast cancer
What is trastuzumab?
An efficient infrastructure in this is required for the cancer genomics field
What is bioinformatics?
Analyzes the genetic
What is the Exceptional Responders Initiative?
Sequencing allows these kinds of mutations to be detected
What are germline and somatic?