Pediatric Cancer
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The lead investigators have also spun out a company, Isabl, aiming to make the approach available to the broader community.
NIH Launches New Childhood Cancer Genomics Program
Pediatric and young adult patients treated at facilities affiliated with the NCI-sponsored Children's Oncology Group gain new, broad access to tumor molecular profiling.
Blood-Based Sequencing Test Identifies Pediatric Cancer Infections Before Symptoms
St. Jude Children's Research Hospital researchers evaluated a microbial cell-free DNA sequencing test from infectious disease diagnostics firm Karius.
The lab-developed test will use Thermo Fisher Scientific's Ion sequencing platform and will be applicable to most childhood cancers.Â
Pediatric Tumor Sequencing 'Clinically Impactful' for Most, Though Few Receive Matched Therapy
Under the PIPseq program, Columbia University researchers sequenced the exome, transcriptome, or a gene panel in tumors of 101 high-risk pediatric cancer patients.