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New Delhi:To improve the understanding of the genetic variations of cancer in India, the Indian Cancer Genome Atlas (ICGA) Foundation launched a data portal, which aims to be a repository for India-specific cancer genomics..
This portal aims to benefit researchers worldwide in providing tailored cancer treatments for patients...
Historically, cancer treatments in India have been based on Western data sets..
Professor Shekhar Mande, former director general of the Council of Scientific and Industrial Research (CSIR), presently serving as a senior professor at Savitribai Phule Pune University, said that making such cancer data publicly accessible marks a pivotal step in accelerating scientific discoveries and enhancing patient outcomes...
Suveera Dhup, chief operating officer of the ICGA Foundation, who was also involved in the development and designing of the portal, said that nearly 20 percent of the worlds cancer population is in India, but only 0.2 percent of the Indian data is used in cancer research worldwide...
