Research Briefs
Research Briefs provide monthly summaries of some of the scientific publications being generated by The Cancer Genome Atlas (TCGA) researchers and by other researchers who have successfully used TCGA data in their work.
- December 2012
Researchers Use TCGA Glioblastoma Data in the Discovery of a Novel Fusion Gene Implicated in a Subset of Brain Tumors - October 2012
TCGA Research Network Reports the First Comprehensive Characterization of Squamous Cell Lung Cancer - September 2012
TCGA Analysis Reveals New Insights about Colorectal Cancer - August 2012
Analyses of TCGA Whole Genome Sequencing Data Elucidate the Role of Transposable Elements in Tumorigenesis - February 2012
Association between BRCA1 and BRCA2 Mutations and Ovarian Cancer Survival Identified in part through TCGA Data Analysis - January 2012
Researchers Corroborate the TCGA Subtype Classification of Glioblastomas Using the Rembrandt Glioma Dataset - November 2011
TCGA Data Analysis Identifies a microRNA-Mediated Network of RNA-RNA Interactions Regulating Gene Expression - September 2011
TCGA Research Data Used to Characterize Amplified Region at ch19p13.2 in Ovarian Cancer - August 2011
Researchers use TCGA GBM data to develop a new data analysis tool - July 2011
TCGA GBM Data Analysis Reveals a MicroRNA that May Affect GBM Tumor Development and Patient Survival - July 2011
TCGA Researchers Report the Findings of their Comprehensive Characterization of the Ovarian Cancer Genome - May 2011
TCGA Glioblastoma Multiforme Data Used in the Discovery of a Gene Pathway Interaction that Affects Tumor Development - May 2011
Researchers Use TCGA Data to Develop an Approach for Identifying Important Gene Alterations in Glioblastoma Multiforme - March 2011
Scientists Develop New Database that Provides Comprehensive View of Glioblastoma Multiforme Genome - March 2011
Tumor Suppressor Function of Mig-6 and its Limitation of EGFR Signaling is Lost in Some Cases of Glioblastoma Multiforme - March 2011
Effectiveness of Therapeutic Inhibitors in Glioblastoma Multiforme is Dependent on a Specific Pattern of Gene Changes - February 2011
TCGA Researchers Discover New Gene Changes and Signaling Pathways that Contribute to Glioblastoma Multiforme Development - February 2011
TCGA Scientists Discover Four Distinct Subtypes of Glioblastoma Distinguished by Gene Expression Patterns and Clinical Characteristics - February 2011
TCGA Researchers Identify a Distinct Subtype of Glioma Linked to Less Severe Outcome