Science news articles about 'international cancer'

An international cancer genome group was launched Tuesday, a collaborative effort on the part of nine countries to produce genomic data on different types of cancer.

... a robust prognostic tool for use in the health service. The study, funded by the Association for International Cancer Research and NHS Research and Development funds, is published in the open-access ...

... Dr Andy Futreal, co-leader of the Cancer Genome Project at the Wellcome Trust Sanger ... study and indicates the type of novel findings we might expect from the International Cancer Genome Consortium." ...

... The public browser site (http://genome-cancer.ucsc.edu) hosts a growing body of ... that occur in cancer. The UCSC team is also working with a related worldwide effort, the International Cancer Genome ...

Tanning beds and ultraviolet radiation cause cancer and have been moved up to the highest risk category by international cancer experts.

... two significant advances in treating lung cancer at an international cancer research conference. Dr. Weiss, ... percent, of patients with small cell lung cancer (SCLC) "achieved stable disease or better." ...

... success. " The Institute has major roles in projects such as The 1000 Genomes Project, The International Cancer Genome Consortium and the second round of the Wellcome Trust Case Control Consortium, ...

... of the first gene specific pilots for four of the genes predisposing to colon cancer. "Colon cancer is the commonest internal cancer affecting both men and women in the western world, "Professor ...