A research team at the University of California, San Francisco aims to study cancer genomes from tumor types that are globally rare but have geographic hotspots where incidence rates soar. As a first part of such work, the team has sequenced the whole genomes and transcriptomes of 61 esophageal tumors from patients in Tanzania.
The UCSF team has been collaborating with Muhimbili University of Health and Allied Sciences and the Ocean Road Cancer Institute in Dar es Salaam, Tanzania for the project, which is part of UCSF's Global Cancer Program launched this fall. In addition, NantWorks donated sequencing services.
