Items Tagged ‘uterine cancer’
June 29, 2021
Gene fusion discovery in ultrarare tumor highlights potential therapeutic target
By Susan Murphy 
A scientific investigation led by a team of researchers from Mayo Clinic’s Center for Individualized Medicine reveals that an ultrarare cancer called epithelioid trophoblastic tumor (ETT), which can develop in the uterus after conception, recurrently exhibits an abnormal fusion of two genes. This fusion creates an unusual protein that triggers aggressive cell growth — the […]
Tags: cancer genomics, Center for Individualized Medicine, precision medicine, rare disease, uterine cancer