Cancer Care Now Runs on Data Infrastructure
Why the Future of Oncology Depends on More Than Medicine By David Hutchful When most people think about advances in cancer care, they think about new drugs, new therapies, or breakthrough discoveries in biology. But increasingly, one of the most important determinants of progress in oncology is something far less visible: data infrastructure. Modern cancer […]
FFPE Tissue: A Goldmine for Cancer Genomics Research
By Joyce Ngoi, Max Nwuba & Elikem Kisser Cancer samples collected in the form of Formalin-fixed paraffin-embedded (FFPE) tissue are most often the primary source for the characterisation of tumours. FFPE specimens are routinely obtained from patients during biopsies or surgical resections and preserved for long-term clinical diagnosis and research, making FFPE the gold standard […]