Global InformationSamra Turajlic information
Dr Samra Turajlic | |
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| Alma mater | University of Oxford UCL Medical School Institute of Cancer Research |
| Scientific career | |
| Fields | Cancer evolution, kidney cancer, melanoma |
| Institutions | Royal Marsden NHS Foundation Trust the Francis Crick Institute |
| Thesis | (2003) |
| Doctoral advisor | Richard Marais |
| Other academic advisors | Charles Swanton |
Samra Turajlic is a medical oncologist and cancer researcher. She leads the cancer dynamics lab at the Francis Crick Institute in London, which focuses on understanding how cancers evolve, as well as working as an oncologist at the Royal Marsden.
Her work has revealed that kidney cancers follow a set number of evolutionary paths, each with its own set of genetic changes.[1] This discovery could help to distinguish between aggressive cancers that require treatment and more benign tumours that can be monitored.
- ^ Mitchell, Thomas J.; Turajlic, Samra; Rowan, Andrew; Nicol, David; Farmery, James H.R.; O’Brien, Tim; Martincorena, Inigo; Tarpey, Patrick; Angelopoulos, Nicos; Yates, Lucy R.; Butler, Adam P. (2018-04-19). "Timing the Landmark Events in the Evolution of Clear Cell Renal Cell Cancer: TRACERx Renal". Cell. 173 (3): 611–623.e17. doi:10.1016/j.cell.2018.02.020. ISSN 0092-8674. PMC 5927631. PMID 29656891.