This report provides an overview of current childhood cancer statistics to facilitate analysis of the impact of past research discoveries on outcome and provide essential information for...
In the News
Read the latest news on OCG to stay up-to-date on new research findings and important announcements.
MGC
April 30, 2010
The western clawed frog Xenopus tropicalis is an important model for vertebrate development that combines experimental advantages of the African clawed frog Xenopus laevis with more tractable...
TARGET
April 15, 2010
The Therapeutically Applicable Research to Generate Effective Treatments (TARGET) Data Portal enables the cancer research community to search, download, and analyze data generated by the TARGET...
CGCI
CGAP
March 05, 2010
Open and controlled-access tiers of CGCI datasets are available for each cancer studied.
TARGET
September 24, 2009
As part of the National Cancer Institute's American Recovery and Reinvestment Act (ARRA) funding to significantly enhance cancer research, the Therapeutically Applicable Research to Generate...
All Programs
September 20, 2009
We report a genome-wide association study in 10,286 cases and 9,135 controls of European ancestry in the Cancer Genetic Markers of Susceptibility (CGEMS) initiative. We identify a new association...
MGC
September 18, 2009
Since its start, the Mammalian Gene Collection (MGC) has sought to provide at least one full- CDS cDNA clone for every human and mouse gene with a RefSeq transcript, and at least 6200 rat genes....
TARGET
June 09, 2009
Pediatric acute lymphoblastic leukemia (ALL) is a heterogeneous disease consisting of distinct clinical and biological subtypes that are characterized by specific chromosomal abnormalities or gene...
TARGET
January 07, 2009
Gene Abnormality Found To Predict Childhood Leukemia Relapse
Scientists have identified mutations in a gene that predict a high likelihood of relapse in children with acute lymphoblastic leukemia...
TCGA
September 04, 2008
Large-Scale Effort Identifies New Genetic Mutations, Core Pathways
The Cancer Genome Atlas (TCGA) Research Network, a collaborative effort funded by the National Cancer Institute (NCI)...