TECHNOLOGY FOR SENSITIVE AND RELIABLE MUTATIONAL PROFILING IN PANCREATIC CANCER


Year of Award:
2009
Status:
Complete
Award Type:
R21
Project Number:
CA138280
RFA Number:
RFA-CA-08-006
Technology Track:
Molecular & Cellular Analysis Technologies
PI/Project Leader:
MAKRIGIORGOS, G. MIKE
Other PI or Project Leader:
N/A
Institution:
DANA-FARBER CANCER INST
Mutational profiling of pancreatic cancer holds major promise for early detection, prognosis and therapeutic management of this disease. However, as with many other cancers, while reliable screening methods for germline or prevalent somatic mutations alre