International Journal of Molecular Sciences (May 2021)

Multi-Omics Model Applied to Cancer Genetics

  • Francesco Pettini,
  • Anna Visibelli,
  • Vittoria Cicaloni,
  • Daniele Iovinelli,
  • Ottavia Spiga

DOI
https://doi.org/10.3390/ijms22115751
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 22, no. 11
p. 5751

Abstract

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In this review, we focus on bioinformatic oncology as an integrative discipline that incorporates knowledge from the mathematical, physical, and computational fields to further the biomedical understanding of cancer. Before providing a deeper insight into the bioinformatics approach and utilities involved in oncology, we must understand what is a system biology framework and the genetic connection, because of the high heterogenicity of the backgrounds of people approaching precision medicine. In fact, it is essential to providing general theoretical information on genomics, epigenomics, and transcriptomics to understand the phases of multi-omics approach. We consider how to create a multi-omics model. In the last section, we describe the new frontiers and future perspectives of this field.

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