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Newly launched Genomic Data Commons to facilitate data and clinical information sharing
Part of the National Cancer Moonshot, GDC to centralize, standardize accessible data.
The Genomic Data Commons (GDC), a unified data system that promotes sharing of genomic and clinical data between researchers, launched with a visit from Vice President Joe Biden to the operations center at the University of Chicago on 6 June. An initiative of the National Cancer Institute (NCI), the GDC will be a core component of the National Cancer Moonshot and the President’s Precision Medicine Initiative (PMI), and benefits from $70 million allocated to NCI to lead efforts in cancer genomics as part of PMI for Oncology.
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Newly launched Genomic Data Commons to facilitate data and clinical information sharing
Part of the National Cancer Moonshot, GDC to centralize, standardize accessible data.
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Longer Use of Certain Drugs Cuts Recurrence for Breast Cancer Survivors
Women who took an aromatase inhibitor for 10 years instead of 5 got added benefit, study found.
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Intensive Blood Sugar Control May Be Too Much for Some With Type 2 Diabetes
Individualized treatment is important, expert says.
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Antibody-Based Therapy Shows Promise Against Stomach Cancer
Patients with advanced disease lived longer when they received this targeted treatment, research shows.
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Immune-Based Drug May Help Some With Advanced Bladder Cancer
About a quarter of older patients deemed too frail for chemo responded to Tecentriq, study found.
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Liquid Biopsy May Help Doctors Track Changes in Tumors
Large study found it predicted when cancer DNA was mutating, could help tailor treatments to avoid drug resistance.
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Report Hints Zika Can Spread Through Oral Sex
French finding adds to growing evidence that sexual transmission of the virus more common than thought.
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Many Take Opioids Months After Hip, Knee Replacements
Study findings highlight growing painkiller addiction epidemic.
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Many Addicts Going Without Meds That Curb Opioid Abuse
In 2013, just 17 percent were given drugs like naltrexone after hospital discharge, study found.
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