Tool for annotating cancer-related variants now publicly available
By Ó³»´«Ã½ Communications
Cancer genome sequencing can reveal thousands of mutations per tumor, but scientists need more data to interpret those variants. Since 2011, members of Ó³»´«Ã½'s Cancer Genome Analysis team have used Oncotator, a tool for annotating cancer-related variants, resulting in more than 20 publications. In the journal , a team led by Ó³»´«Ã½ researchers Gad Getz, Alex Ramos, and Lee Lichtenstein announced the first public release of Oncotator, which draws information from 14 publicly available cancer resources and is available as a python , as well as a and stand-alone application.