To determine the type and severity of a cancer, pathologists typically analyze thin slices of a tumor biopsy under a microscope.
Stanford Medicine Nov 14 2024 But to figure out what genomic changes are driving the tumor's growth -; information that can guide how it is treated -; scientists must perform genetic sequencing of the RNA isolated from the tumor, a process that can take weeks and costs thousands of dollars.
Driven by genomics Clinicians have increasingly guided the selection of which cancer treatments -; including chemotherapies, immunotherapies and hormone-based therapies -; to recommend to their patients based on not only which organ a patient's cancer affects, but which genes a tumor is using to fuel its growth and spread. Turning on or off certain genes could make a tumor more aggressive, more likely to metastasize, or more or less likely to respond to certain drugs.
Related Stories"It took a number of iterations of the model for it to get to the point where we were happy with the performance," Gevaert said. "But ultimately for some tumor types, it got to a level that it can be useful in the clinic." Predicting patient outcomes To test the utility of SEQUOIA for clinical decision making, Gevaert and his colleagues identified breast cancer genes that the model could accurately predict the expression of and that are already used in commercial breast cancer genomic tests.
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