Precision oncology in the age of integrative genomics

Nature Biotechnology

Volumn 36, Issue 1, 2018, Pages 46-60

  Kumar Sinha, Chandan ^a,b   Chinnaiyan, Arul M ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN HEALTH SYSTEM   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DISEASES; DRUG THERAPY; ONCOLOGY; TUMORS;

CANCER PATIENTS; CLINICAL MANAGEMENT; DRUG RESISTANCE; ETHICAL CONSIDERATIONS; INTEGRATIVE GENOMICS; MOLECULAR ANALYSIS; MOLECULAR LEVELS; TRANSCRIPTOMES;

DIAGNOSIS;

DNA; RNA; TRANSCRIPTOME;

CANCER IMMUNOTHERAPY; CANCER PATIENT; CLINICAL PRACTICE; CLINICAL TRIAL; COPY NUMBER VARIATION; DNA SEQUENCE; EXOME; FUSION GENE; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE SEQUENCE; GENOME; GENOMICS; HUMAN; ONCOLOGY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; RNA SEQUENCE; SOMATIC MUTATION; TUMOR GENE; GENETICS; HIGH THROUGHPUT SEQUENCING; NEOPLASM; PERSONALIZED MEDICINE; TRENDS;

EXOME; GENOMICS; HIGH-THROUGHPUT NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCING; HUMANS; MEDICAL ONCOLOGY; NEOPLASMS; PRECISION MEDICINE; TRANSCRIPTOME;

EID: 85040461653     PISSN: 10870156     EISSN: 15461696     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/nbt.4017     Document Type: Review

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