June 8, 2022
The American Association for Cancer Research today released its Cancer Disparities Progress Report 2022. The publication aims to raise awareness of the enormous toll that cancer exacts on racial and ethnic minorities and other diverse and medically underserved populations in the United States while highlighting areas of recent progress in reducing cancer health disparities. The […]
Tags: Cancer Research, cancer screening, center for individualized medicine, health disparities, mayo clinic
March 17, 2022
Mayo Clinic study reports genomic data disparities among racial groups
Mayo Clinic researchers studied the differences in genomic data quality among racial groups in one of the largest and most widely used cancer research datasets, The Cancer Genome Atlas. “We found lower quality genomic sequencing data in self-reported Black patients and patients of African ancestry,” says Yan Asmann., Ph.D., a Mayo Clinic bioinformatician and senior […]
Tags: Cancer Research, center for individualized medicine, DNA Testing, mayo clinic
January 12, 2022
By Susan Murphy
Mayo Clinic Center for Individualized Medicine researchers may have discovered a genomic signature to predict which patients with mesothelioma could benefit from immunotherapy.
Tags: #mesothelioma, cancer, Cancer Research, center for individualized medicine, Genetics, genomics
January 6, 2022
Mayo researchers lay foundation for AI-based personalized cancer modeling
By Sara Tiner
Like the maps that drivers use to get from one place to another, the goal of a medical diagnosis is to get you from where you are to where you want to be. A diagnosis takes a patient from symptoms to treatment, such as from lump to cure in the case of breast cancer. Medical […]
Tags: #Artificial Intelligence, cancer, Cancer Research, center for individualized medicine, genomic medicine, individualized medicine
September 7, 2021
By Susan Murphy
Mayo Clinic researchers are taking a distinctive all-hands-on-deck approach to cancer, driven by advanced genetic analysis and clinical sciences to personalize treatments for every cancer patient. Clinicians and researchers work side by side, developing groundbreaking therapies to provide patients with answers, treatment options and optimism. This year’s virtual Mayo Clinic Individualizing Medicine Conference on Oct. […]
Tags: cancer genomics, Cancer Research, individualized medicine, Individualized Medicine Conference 2016
August 24, 2021
A new understanding of the inner workings of CAR-T cell therapy
Mayo Clinic researchers have biomanufactured chimeric antigen receptor-T cell therapy (CAR-T cell therapy) in a new way to track the cells’ cancer fighting journey and predict toxic side effects. This Mayo Clinic breakthrough, published in Cancer Immunology Research, also could unravel the mystery of how to unleash CAR-T cell therapy to destroy solid tumors. “This […]
June 4, 2021
Early cancer detection test studied at Mayo Clinic
Mayo Clinic today recognized a multi-cancer early cancer detection (MCED) test called Galleri™ that can detect more than 50 types of cancers through a simple blood draw. The Galleri test is intended to complement U.S. guideline-recommended cancer screenings. Mayo Clinic Oncologist Minetta Liu, M.D. was involved in the development of the new test. “Today, many cancers […]
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December 24, 2020
2020 Mayo Clinic Precision Medicine Advances
By Susan Murphy
This year, Mayo Clinic’s Center for Individualized Medicine was at the forefront of COVID-19 research, working to unravel the complexities of the virus in order to discover life-saving treatments and prevention — from testing to building a pandemic response biobank to identifying COVID-19 strains within individual patients. But even in the midst of the pandemic, […]
Tags: #Artificial Intelligence, Cancer Research, Genetics, genomics, individualized medicine, multi-omics, Research
November 2, 2020
Mayo Clinic study finds 1 in 8 patients with cancer harbor inherited genetic mutations
By Susan Murphy
Genetic testing can uncover inherited genetic mutations, and could individualize cancer therapies, improve survival, manage cancer in loved ones and push the boundaries of precision medicine. In a new study published in JAMA Oncology, scientists with Mayo Clinic’s Center for Individualized Medicine conducted genetic testing in more than 3,000 patients who were diagnosed with cancer […]
Tags: cancer genomics, Cancer Research, Genetic Testing, Genetics, Individualizing Medicine, Inherited cancer, Research
June 1, 2020
Seeing cancer, but not through a microscope
By Susan Murphy
By Marla Broadfoot, Ph.D. / Discovery’s Edge Toward the end of the 19th century, a French doctor named Ernest Besnier coined the term “biopsy,” combining the Greek bios (life) and opsis (a sight). In the decades since, clinicians have performed countless biopsies on suspected cancer patients, all to catch a glimpse of cells on the […]
Tags: cancer, Cancer Research, Genetics, Research