notamadscientist1

The majority of cancers are not inherited at least from what we can tell. There are some types that are inherited but they are the minority.

This would be a great advance. Many researchers are studying this concept since it would be much less invasive. The ability to catch cancer early would be key for any type of cancer.

Thank you, appreciate it!

Great question! It is making a huge difference. Just wrote a post about it here http://www.notamadscientist.com/2014/05/12/cracking-cancers-code-to-unlock-new-treatments/

We are trying to use genomics to sequence lung cancer tumors and then treat it in a much smarter way ,which I believe would have similar goals as NMTRC. Shameless blog plug about this- http://www.notamadscientist.com/2014/05/12/cracking-cancers-code-to-unlock-new-treatments/