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Hundreds of individual human cancer genome sequences are expected to be published in 2010, and thousands per year after that. The International Cancer Genome Consortium (ICGC) was launched with the aim of keeping track of the data relating to large-scale cancer genome studies of all major cancers in adults and children — a total of 50 different cancer types and/or subtypes. In this issue the ICGC team ( http://www.icgc.org ) spells out the policies and planning for the project. The International Cancer Genome Consortium (ICGC) was launched to coordinate large-scale cancer genome studies in tumours from 50 different cancer types and/or subtypes that are of clinical and societal importance across the globe. Systematic studies of more than 25,000 cancer genomes at the genomic, epigenomic and transcriptomic levels will reveal the repertoire of oncogenic mutations, uncover traces of the mutagenic influences, define clinically relevant subtypes for prognosis and therapeutic management, and enable the development of new cancer therapies.

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  • The human genome consists of approximately 3 billion base pairs, posing significant computational challenges such as execution time, memory usage, and management of genomic rearrangements.

    “For instance, the human genome consists of approximately 3 billion base pairs, posing significant computational challenges such as execution time, memory usage, and management of genomic rearrangements [9].”

    From Whole-Genome Alignment: Methods, Challenges, and Future Directions (2024) · cites this paper as [9]

    The “ICGC in the Next Decade” section describes the difficulty of accurately assembling highly rearranged chromosomes in tumor cells, and “ICGC Datasets” describes storage difficulties caused by large datasets. Neither section gives the human genome’s size as approximately 3 billion base pairs or identifies execution time and memory usage as challenges. (LLM, conf=0.86)

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The International Cancer Genome Consortium
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Published
2010-04-15
Volume
464
Issue
7291
Pages
993-998
ISSN
  • 0028-0836 (ISSN-L)
  • 1476-4687
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Funders
  • Wellcome Trust (077198, 088340, 093867)
  • Japan Society for the Promotion of Science (20221009)
  • National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute (R01HL055268)
  • National Human Genome Research Institute (R01HG001806)
  • National Cancer Institute (P50CA127003, R21CA094510, P50CA102701, P01CA117969)
  • National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases (K08DK071329)
Topics
  • Life Sciences › Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology › Cancer Research › Cancer Genomics and Diagnostics
  • Health Sciences › Medicine › Reproductive Medicine › Science, Research, and Medicine
  • Life Sciences › Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology › Molecular Biology › Chromatin Remodeling and Cancer
Keywords
ICGC, cancer genome sequencing, oncogenic mutations, mutagenesis, tumor subtypes, epigenomics, transcriptomics, cancer therapy development
MeSH terms
DNA Mutational Analysis, Genetics, Medical, Humans, International Cooperation, Mutation, Neoplasms, Genome, Human, Intellectual Property, DNA Methylation, Genomics, Databases, Genetic, Genes, Neoplasm

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