With exome sequences, RNA sequences, and methylation profiles, investigators uncovered differences between radiation-induced and sporadic forms of meningioma.
The software, developed by researchers at the Ontario Institute for Cancer Research, uses machine learning methods to classify mutations as germline or somatic.
The collaboration will streamline patient sample analysis to determine whether they should be included in clinical trials for molecularly targeted treatment.
Clinicians and genetic counselors are coming up with triage strategies for cancer cases in which medically actionable germline mutations are suspected.
Strata said it will use the funds to implement the Strata Trial, a nationwide effort to increase the number of enrollments in precision medicine clinical trials.
Genetic Alliance researchers have come up with recommendations for the UK's NHS on how to incorporate whole-genome sequencing into standard cancer care.
