Children’s Cancer Institute speeds genomic analysis with Azure, giving kids with cancer hope

When newborn Scout Bradstreet was diagnosed with an aggressive brain tumor, Children's Cancer Institute used genomic analysis and Microsoft Azure to identify a targeted therapy that changed her life. Today, Scout is thriving—a result made possible by the Institute’s advanced, data-driven approach. Processing nearly a terabyte of data per patient for ~25 patients each week, the Institute uses Azure to reduce 5,000 hours of computation to less than 24 hours, accelerating precision medicine and delivering faster, more personalized cancer care. ***