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New Artificial Intelligence and Medical Imaging Annotations Added to the NCI Imaging Data Commons

Explore a new interactive dashboard that includes data sets of advanced machine-generated segmentation of tumor and organ contents.

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The Cancer Imaging Archive Adds New Data

Discover new data collections available for you to use in your cancer research!

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Eight Research Projects Receive Funding from NCI’s Childhood Cancer Data Initiative

The Childhood Cancer Data Initiative (CCDI) awarded administrative supplements to eight NCI-Designated Cancer Centers, enabling research that leverages the CCDI Data Ecosystem to address scientific questions and create analytical tools for advancing childhood cancer research.

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NCI’s Enterprise Vocabulary Services Poised to Support Real-World Data

Learn how you can employ NCI’s semantic infrastructure to expand the use of CDISC standards for Real-World Data analysis and the generation of Real-World Evidence.

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NCI’s MyPART Program Yields a Wealth of Data on Rare Cancers

NCI’s My Pediatric and Adult Rare Tumor Network (MyPART) program recently released a new long-term study, and an array of data resources, to help you in your research on rare cancers.

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Looking to Improve the Processes Around Real-World Data? Share Opinions with NIH!

NIH wants to hear from you! Give your perspective on how to better use Real-World Data in biomedical and behavioral research.

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Identify Opportunities to Generate Molecular Characterization Research Data for NCI’s Childhood Cancer Data Initiative

Do you have knowledge, interest, and experience conducting childhood cancer research? NCI’s Childhood Cancer Data Initiative seeks your input to identify opportunities to generate additional research molecular characterization data to accelerate scientific discovery and improve patient care through enhanced data sharing.

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Rhabdomyosarcoma Images Now Available Through NCI’s Imaging Data Commons

You can now access images from patients who participated in Children’s Oncology Group trials and get metadata and accompanying clinical data. The gene panel sequencing data is available through the database of Genotypes and Phenotypes.

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NCI Partners with ARPA-H on Data Fabric to Maximize Use of Research Data

This joint NCI and ARPA-H Biomedical Data Fabric Toolbox effort will focus on developing solutions that take data science innovation in the biomedical research community to a new level. Researchers can use simple dashboards to explore data, conduct analyses, and share data across disciplines.

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Insights Into the Childhood Cancer Data Initiative’s Progress

Read the editorial review of a paper outlining the progress and future goals of the Childhood Cancer Data Initiative!

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