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2024
 India’s cancer care relied on Western data. Now, there’s ICGA By Drs. Sunil Badve and Shekhar Mande (08 October 2024) |  Strand Life Sciences Private Limited has recently launched CancerSpot, a groundbreaking initiative leveraging unique methylation signals for early detection. It also inaugurated its new facility Genomics Diagnostics and Research Centre where ICGA was represented by Professor LS Shashidhara, Director of TIFR-NCBS. (30 November 2024) |
Launch of the Multi-Omics Data Portal
One of our biggest milestones was the launch of India’s first comprehensive multi-omics data portal, offering open access to clinically correlated genomic data from 50+ breast cancer patients. This marks a pivotal step toward making high-quality, clinically relevant genomic data available for cancer research, precision medicine, and AI-driven treatment planning.
🔗 Press Release: ICGA Multi-Omics Data Portal (21 September 2024)
The portal launch received extensive media coverage, highlighting our groundbreaking work in mapping India’s cancer genomes. Check out the coverage below:
ET HealthWorld, ANI, Financial Express, The Hindu, NDTV, Indian Express, Deccan Herald, The Print, NewsX, One India, MSN, Devdiscourse-1, Devdiscourse-2, The Daily Pioneer, Republic World, BioSpectrum India, Pharmabiz, BioVoice News, Daijiworld, PTI
 Press Release on Launch of ICGA Data Portal |  Mapping India’s Cancer Genome – A New Era in Personalized Medicine with ICGAA featured blog on Indiaspora he blog delves into ICGA’s journey, from its inception to its current achievements, including our commitment to collecting and analyzing data that represents the unique genetic diversity of Indian cancer patients. As we prepare for the upcoming ICGA2024 Annual Meeting, this feature offers an engaging overview of our work, while also calling attention to the important role community engagement and CSR contributions play in supporting our research. |
 ICGA Newsletter 2024 |  Commentary in Nature IndiaDrs. Suveera Dhup and Ranjani Ramamurthy co-authored a commentary for Nature India on the Indian Cancer Genome Atlas (ICGA) Foundation: A genome atlas mapping cancers in India. |
 #WorldCancerDay2024 On #WorldCancerDay2024, Indian Cancer Genome Atlas released a public statement on its LinkedIn handle. |
2023
 FAQs on ICGAAn organic national mission for a clinically correlated multi-omics database for cancer in India By: Drs Suveera Dhup and Ranjani Ramamurthy |  Minding The Gaps In Genomics In Cancer Care What are the challenges and opportunities of genomics in cancer care? In this article, Dr. Ravi Mehrotra, Director of ICGA Foundation shares his opinion on how genomics can improve cancer diagnosis, treatment and prevention. |
 World Cancer Day: It’s still a long way to go for cancer care in India Every year, on February 4 is marked as World Cancer Day to raise awareness about the disease and its prevention, detection, and treatment. This year, the theme of World Cancer Day is “Close the Care Gap” to highlight inequity in access to advanced cancer care and treatment. |  Key Advancements, Challenges Of Cancer Research In India Cancer is one of the leading causes of mortality globally, accounting for almost one in six deaths (WHO). With one in nine individuals at a lifetime risk of developing cancer, India is not immune to this global health crisis. The rising cancer burden is primarily due to unhealthy and inactive lifestyles, rapid urbanization, population aging, air pollution, etc. |
| Proceedings of the 3rd Indian Cancer Genome Atlas Conference 2022: Biobanking to Omics: Collecting the Global Experience A special article in JCO Global Oncology captures the proceedings of the 3rd ICGA conference “Biobanking to Omics – Collecting the Global Experience.” |
2020-2022
| Dr. Suveera Dhup appointed as COO The ICGA Foundation, announced today the appointment of Dr. Suveera Dhup as its Chief Operating Officer, effective August 2022. She will oversee ICGA’s ongoing operational, administrative functions and will also support the Board of Directors in executing the Foundation’s strategy and vision. | The 2nd Conference and Workshop of The Cancer Genome Atlas (TCGA) in India: Towards Team Science for Multi-omics Cancer Research in South Asia An editorial in Ecancer medical science captures the essence of ICGA’s 2nd conference and workshop. |
 Article in Economic Times – January 19, 2021 In December, even before the exuberance over the arrival of Covid-19 vaccines could sink in, researchers in the UK found that gene mutations or natural changes in the coronavirus had made it even more infectious. |  ICGA: What Oncology Researchers, Scientists, Clinicians And Policymakers Need To Know |
 Press Release from Government of India about ICGA – December 04, 2020 Dr. Harsh Vardhan virtually inaugurates the 2nd Cancer Genome Atlas (TCGA) 2020 Conference. | |