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CANCER GENOMICS CONSORTIUM
Hospitals and Health Care
Metairie, Louisiana 3,841 followers
The CGC is committed to providing high quality education and promoting best practices in clinical cancer genomics.
About us
Cancer Genomics Consortium (CGC) is a 501(c)3 non-profit organization whose mission is to providing high quality education and promoting best practices in clinical cancer genomics. Our vision is that all cancer patients will be accurately diagnosed for their underlying genomic alterations to help them receive the most appropriate therapy. CGC will be the authoritative organization for guidance on the best practice of clinical cancer genomic testing.
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- Hospitals and Health Care
- Company size
- 2-10 employees
- Headquarters
- Metairie, Louisiana
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- Nonprofit
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2955Ridgelake Dr
Metairie, Louisiana 70002, US
Employees at CANCER GENOMICS CONSORTIUM
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Obi Griffith
Associate Professor at Washington University School of Medicine
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Marilena Mela, MSc, PhD 🇬🇷🇺🇸
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Karla Jacobson Gay
Non-Profit Management Consultant and Owner at Kadre Management, LLC
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Cate Paschal, PhD, FACMG
Director, Cytogenetics and Molecular Diagnostics at Seattle Children's
Updates
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Correct answer: Two unrelated abnormal clones Explanation: This is a question about how to read the ISCN properly. Because there is no indication of acknowledgment of a stemline in the second set of cells, this indicates that there are two separate abnormal populations of cells comprising a total of 40% of the cells. The remaining 12 (60%) are normal. While one may expect to see the clones as related in disease, it is possible the two lines either appeared separately or they may represent subclones in the main disease line with another genetic driver (e.g. SF3B1 as the driver with one subclone with del(5q) and the other subclone +8). Using just the karyotype, one cannot differentiate between these two possibilities.
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Join us in congratulating Alaa Koleilat, PhD, FACMG who is being featured in our October #CGCspotlight! Alaa is a member of the Early Career Initiative Committee and is a former junior Board member. Fun fact about Alaa: Alaa has played sports including volleyball, basketball, and soccer her entire life and is a big WNBA fan!
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