International Cancer Genome Consortium

Views Updated: Dec 15, 2025

Key Facts

Abbreviation
ICGC
Pronunciation
/ˌɪnərˈnæʃənɑl ˈkænsər ˈʤiˌnoʊm kənˈsɔrʃjəm/
Category
Medical
Related Field
Human Genome

Examples in Context

  1. THE International Cancer Genome Consortium(ICGC), an alliance of laboratories that is trying to produce a definitive list of the genetic mutations that cause cancer, is accumulating data at an astonishing rate.
  2. That it is possible to talk of curing even one sort of cancer is largely thanks to an outfit called the International Cancer Genome Consortium(ICGC).

Other meanings of ICGC

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