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Resources

• The International Cancer Genome Consortium (ICGC)

– Coordinates large-scale cancer genome studies (genome, epigenome,

transcriptome) in 50 tumor types

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• The Cancer Genome Atlas (TCGA)

– Creating a comprehensive atlas of the genomic changes involved in >20 tumor

types

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• Catalogue of Somatic Mutations in Cancer (COSMIC)

– Store and display somatic mutation information and related details in human

cancers (benign/invasive tumours, recurrences, metastases and cancer cell

lines)

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• cBioPortal

– Mutations, gene expression per site

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