Cancer Genomics Program

Program Leader
Dr. John McPherson
OICR

The Cancer Genomics Program is creating a catalogue of genetic alterations that occur in different types of cancers to better classify tumours which will allow development of new diagnostic tools and targeted treatments.

An important initiative of the program is its participation as a founding member of the International Cancer Genome Consortium (ICGC). OICR hosts the ICGC's Secretariat and houses its Data Coordination Centre. Its research role in the consortium is to map the genetic mutations involved in pancreatic cancer and prostate cancer.