Healthcare IT News September 30, 2024
Cancer treatment research can now rely less on Western datasets.
A public-private national project in India has introduced what could be the country’s first comprehensive cancer multi-omics database fifteen years after its founding.
The Indian Cancer Genome Atlas (ICGA) focuses on studying cancer biology specific to the Indian population to create datasets that can be utilised in developing personalised treatment protocols
Based on a media release, the open-access ICGA portal initially includes clinically annotated data on DNA, RNA, and protein profiles of breast cancer patients, along with their treatment histories and outcomes. By next year, the available data will be expanded from the current 50 patients to over 500.
“This data is freely accessible to the global research community...
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