Pieter Hoekstra
The complete DNA test is an important step toward treating forms of cancer that currently cannot be treated with targeted drugs.
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Whole genome sequencing is reliable, has added value, and can be embedded perfectly into everyday pathology diagnostics
Source: website Netherlands Cancer Institute With the rapidly expanding tableau of (increasingly tumor-agnostic) targeted therapies, genome-driven cancer care has become …
Actionable metastatic cancer genome is remarkably stable over time, despite treatment with drugs
A one-time analysis of the entire tumor DNA is almost always sufficient to find all DNA errors that may be …
Hartwig tools now available as a nextflow nf-core pipeline called oncoanalyser
The University of Melbourne Centre for Cancer Research (UMCCR) Genomics Platform Group, led by Professor Oliver Hofmann, has collaborated with …
Cancer is caused by DNA mutations. There are an increasing number of drugs available that act on specific errors in the DNA of an individual patient’s tumor. A drug that doesn’t fit, like a key in a lock, will not work, while the risk of side effects remains.