DR-299 MutSig – The incidence and co-ocurrence of genomic biomarkers in metastatic tumors
The observed incidence of cancer biomarkers can influence resource investment into key areas such as drug discovery and companion diagnostic technology. The list of clinically relevant cancer biomarkers is growing, however a systematic description of the incidence of these biomarkers is currently lacking. Understanding the prevalence of these biomarkers in late-stage cancer can be especially relevant since many companion diagnostics are utilized in the treatment of stage III and IV cancers.
By using multiple publicly available knowledge management resources that describe clinically relevant alterations, we aim to characterize the frequency of these biomarkers and contextualize their associations within the Hartwig dataset.
Eivind Hovig, University of Oslo, Norge
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We want to extract the maximum amount of information from the patient’s tumor. This DNA test is the The complete DNA test is the best available tool to extract the maximum amount of information from the patient’s tumor. We only need one tissue sample with sufficient tumor cells. We literally analyze the entire genome, including parts of the DNA that show mutations of which we don’t yet know the importance. This test is tumor-independent and future-proof. These are the two most important advantages of WGS.