For subscribers
Using genetic data to predict outcomes
Sign up now: Get ST's newsletters delivered to your inbox
NUS PhD student Lim Su Bin and Professor Lim Chwee Teck from NUS' department of biomedical engineering have pinned down 29 genes that could be used to predict how well patients with the cancer will respond to treatment and their survival outcomes.
PHOTO: NUS
Samantha Boh
Follow topic:
After trawling through the genetic data of tumours from thousands of early-stage lung cancer patients, local scientists have pinned down 29 genes that could be used to predict how well patients with the cancer will respond to treatment.
These genes could also predict survival outcomes.
