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TARGET

This report provides an overview of current childhood cancer statistics to facilitate analysis of the impact of past research discoveries on outcome and provide essential information for…

MGC

The western clawed frog Xenopus tropicalis is an important model for vertebrate development that combines experimental advantages of the African clawed frog Xenopus laevis with more tractable…

TARGET

The Therapeutically Applicable Research to Generate Effective Treatments (TARGET) Data Portal enables the cancer research community to search, download, and analyze data generated by the TARGET…

CGCI

Open and controlled-access tiers of CGCI datasets are available for each cancer studied.

CGAP

Open and controlled-access tiers of CGCI datasets are available for each cancer studied.

TARGET

As part of the National Cancer Institute's American Recovery and Reinvestment Act (ARRA) funding to significantly enhance cancer research, the Therapeutically Applicable Research to Generate…

CGEMS

We report a genome-wide association study in 10,286 cases and 9,135 controls of European ancestry in the Cancer Genetic Markers of Susceptibility (CGEMS) initiative. We identify a new association…

MGC

Since its start, the Mammalian Gene Collection (MGC) has sought to provide at least one full- CDS cDNA clone for every human and mouse gene with a RefSeq transcript, and at least 6200 rat genes.…

TARGET

Pediatric acute lymphoblastic leukemia (ALL) is a heterogeneous disease consisting of distinct clinical and biological subtypes that are characterized by specific chromosomal abnormalities or gene…

TARGET
Gene Abnormality Found To Predict Childhood Leukemia Relapse

Scientists have identified mutations in a gene that predict a high likelihood of relapse in children with acute lymphoblastic leukemia…