Unveiling COSMIC's secrets: Curating gene and somatic variant data to power research and clinical...

Presented By: Ellen Wiedemann & Kyle Nilson, PhD



Webinar: Unveiling COSMIC's secrets: Curating gene and somatic variant data to power research and clinical oncology



Webinar Abstract: The Cancer Gene Census (CGC) is a widely used module within the Catalogue Of Somatic Mutations In Cancer (COSMIC) that comprises an ongoing effort to catalogue and describe all genes with causal impact in human cancer. In CGC, genes are characterized according to their roles in cancer – tumor suppressor, oncogene, or fusion gene – and divided into two tiers based on the strength of supporting evidence.

In this webinar, our COSMIC and QIAGEN field applications experts will walk you through the scientific and curation processes behind CGC. We will also explore another module, the Cancer Mutation Census (CMC), which classifies coding variants according to their computed pathogenicity. This helps prioritize variants by highlighting mutations with proven functional or clinical relevance, supporting faster interpretation and decision-making.

You will learn about:

The criteria used to evaluate genes for inclusion into the CGC

The structured information captured within the CGC and CMC modules

Their real-world applications across research and clinical contexts



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