Podcast Series: Tumor Molecular Classifiers Offer Patients New Hope

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This IPM podcast highlights the impressive work of Lucas Santana dos Santos, director of bioinformatics and an assistant professor at Northwestern University’s Feinberg School of Medicine. Professor dos Santos discusses the origins and recent developments of molecular tumor classification techniques and how analyzing epigenetic signatures is enabling clinicians to diagnose and treat cancer patients more effectively. This illuminating conversation examines how classifiers are developed and touches on the role of various technologies including the workhorse methylation microarray, in addition to the challenges of creating a universal tumor classifier.

Panelists:

Lucas Santana dos Santosamian Doherty
Director and assistant professor
Northwestern University’s Feinberg School of Medicine

Damian Doherty
Editor in Chief
Inside Precision Medicine