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Record Nr.

UNINA9910464444103321

Titolo

Informatics needs and challenges in cancer research : workshop summary / / Sharyl J. Nass and Theresa Wizemann, rapporteurs ; National Cancer Policy Forum, Board on Health Care Services, Institute of Medicine of the National Academies

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Washington, District of Columbia : , : National Academies Press, , [2012]

©2012

ISBN

0-309-26207-0

0-309-25949-5

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (145 p.)

Disciplina

362.19699/40072

Soggetti

Cancer - Research

Cancer - Treatment

Cancer - Computer network resources

Electronic books.

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references.

Nota di contenuto

Front Matter; Reviewers; Contents; Boxes, Figures, and Table; 1 Introduction; 2 Overview of the Cancer Informatics Landscape; 3 Informatics and Personalized Medicine; 4 Informatics-Supported Cancer Research Endeavors; 5 Potential Pathways and Models for Moving Forward; 6 Proposal for a Coalition of All Stakeholders; 7 Transforming Cancer Informatics: From Silos to Systems; Acronyms; Appendix A: Workshop Agenda; Appendix B: Speaker, Moderator, and Panelist Biographies

Sommario/riassunto

"As information technology becomes an integral part of health care, it is important to collect and analyze data in a way that makes the information understandable and useful. Informatics tools--which help collect, organize, and analyze data--are essential to biomedical and health research and development. The field of cancer research is facing an overwhelming deluge of data, heightening the national urgency to find solutions to support and sustain the cancer informatics ecosystem.



There is a particular need to integrate research and clinical data to facilitate personalized medicine approaches to cancer prevention and treatment--for example, tailoring treatment based on an individual patient's genetic makeup as well as that of the tumor --and to allow for more rapid learning from patient experiences. To further examine informatics needs and challenges for 21st century biomedical research, the IOM's National Cancer Policy Forum held a workshop February 27-28, 2012. The workshop was designed to raise awareness of the critical and urgent importance of the challenges, gaps and opportunities in informatics; to frame the issues surrounding the development of an integrated system of cancer informatics for acceleration of research; and to discuss solutions for transformation of the cancer informatics enterprise. Informatics Needs and Challenges in Cancer Research: Workshop Summary summarizes the workshop."--Publisher's description.