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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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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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NCI Data Science at the 2023 AACR Annual Meeting

Planning your itinerary for this year’s American Association for Cancer Research (AACR) Annual Meeting? Want to make sure you catch the NCI-affiliated data science activities? We’ve put together a helpful reference page for you!

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Childhood Cancer Data Initiative’s Molecular Targets Platform Gets Upgrade

Researchers seeking potential targets for treating childhood cancers now have an even better tool for the job. Check out the latest enhancements to the NCI Childhood Cancer Data Initiative’s (CCDI’s) Molecular Targets Platform.

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Childhood Cancer Data Initiative (CCDI) Adds New Pediatric Malignancy Data

CCDI additions include molecular characterization data from childhood cancer patients of racial and ethnic diversity.

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CCDI’s Molecular Characterization Initiative Releases First Data Set

Explore the newly released pediatric data set that includes information on DNA/RNA sequencing, methylation arrays, and deidentified clinical reports.

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See What’s New in the Childhood Cancer Data Catalog

The latest update to the Childhood Cancer Data Catalog includes website improvements and the addition of the database of Genotypes and Phenotypes (dbGaP).

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Discover the New Index of NCI Studies Web Application to Get NCI Research Outputs

Welcome to the Index of NCI Studies: a new web application designed to gather and display cancer research publications, data sets, clinical trials, and patents from NCI-funded programs. Explore the application (currently in a pilot phase) and leave feedback!

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Explore New Resources and Data Sets from the CCDI Data Catalog

The latest update to the Childhood Cancer Data Catalog includes new and updated data, improved accessibility, as well as enhanced site search tools.

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