Updates from the Cancer Research Data Commons:
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NCI/CRDC at the 2024 AACR Annual Meeting
The CRDC team presented at the 2024 AACR Annual Meeting in an NCI-Sponsored Session highlighting the impact of the CRDC on the broad cancer research community. The presentations from the CBIIT Director and members of the Informatics and Data Science Program provided insightful overviews, inspiring success stories, valuable lessons learned, and future plans for the CRDC. Erika Kim, PhD, served as moderator, and dynamic discussions with attendees followed the presentations.
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New Computational Approach Improves on Identification of Biomarkers
Recent work by a consortium of researchers demonstrates that a novel, network-based, analytical approach is effective in identifying predictive biomarkers of chemotherapy response in triple-negative breast cancer (TNBC) patient-derived xenografts (PDX) models. An update to this tool was presented at the 2024 AACR annual meeting.
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The Integrated Canine Data Commons (ICDC) Makes Data Exploration Easier
New features recently added to the Integrated Canine Data Commons (ICDC) portal make it easier for users to find and analyze data. The ICDC was established to advance research on human cancers by enabling comparative analysis with canine cancers, given similarities in types of cancer and response to therapeutics between canines and humans. It now houses data from 12 scientific studies, with nearly 1,000 samples from more than 20 disease sites.
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Hold the Date: 2024 CRDC Fall Symposium - October 16 & 17
The Cancer Research Data Commons (CRDC) will hold its 2024 Fall Symposium on October 16th and 17th. This is a one-and-a-half-day event highlighting the CRDC’s 10th anniversary, the impact of the CRDC, and future plans. The symposium is open to the broad cancer research community. Both sessions will support in-person and virtual participation via Zoom (shared post registration).
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