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Mining the genomes of exceptional responders

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The National Cancer Institute of the United States recently announced a major new initiative in understanding the genomes or, more broadly, the molecular phenotypes of exceptional responders. What can we expect to learn from exceptional responders? What are the potential benefits, and how do we approach studying them?

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  1. Wolfson Wohl Cancer Research Centre, Institute of Cancer Sciences, University of Glasgow, Garscube Estate, Switchback Road, Bearsden, Glasgow, G61 1BD, Scotland, UK

    David K. Chang, Sean M. Grimmond, T. R. Jeffry Evans & Andrew V. Biankin

  2. Cancer Division, The Kinghorn Cancer Centre, Garvan Institute of Medical Research, 364 Victoria Street, Darlinghurst, Sydney, 2010, New South Wales, Australia

    David K. Chang & Andrew V. Biankin

  3. St Vincent's Clinical School, Faculty of Medicine, University of New South Wales, Darlinghurst, 2010, Australia

    David K. Chang & Andrew V. Biankin

  4. Department of Surgery, Bankstown Hospital, Eldridge Road, Bankstown, Sydney, 2200, New South Wales, Australia

    David K. Chang & Andrew V. Biankin

  5. South Western Sydney Clinical School, Faculty of Medicine, University of New South Wales, Liverpool, 2170, New South Wales, Australia

    David K. Chang & Andrew V. Biankin

  6. Queensland Centre for Medical Genomics, Institute for Molecular Bioscience, The University of Queensland, St Lucia, Brisbane, 4067, Queensland, Australia

    Sean M. Grimmond

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Chang, D., Grimmond, S., Evans, T. et al. Mining the genomes of exceptional responders. Nat Rev Cancer 14, 291–292 (2014). https://doi.org/10.1038/nrc3723

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