Connecting Data to Accelerate Cancer Research

The NCI Cancer Research Data Commons (CRDC) is a cloud-based data science infrastructure that provides secure access to a large, comprehensive, and expanding collection of cancer research data contributed by many NCI or NIH-funded researchers. Users can explore and use analytical and visualization tools for data analysis in the cloud.

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200K+ Subjects / Participants 17PB+ Data 533 Studies 1.2K+ Public Tools and Workflows 100K+ Unique Users / Year
533 Studies 200K+ Subjects / Participants 1.2K+ Public Tools and Workflows 100K+ Unique Users / Year 17PB+ Data
  • CRDC Insights
    A New Way to Explore the Imaging Data Commons: Asking Questions in Natural Language

    The Imaging Data Commons (IDC), part of NCI’s Cancer Research Data Commons (CRDC), a cloud-based data science infrastructure that connects cancer research data with analysis tools and resources, gives cancer researchers access to a large collection of medical images and related data. Researchers can use IDC to find CT scans, MRIs, pathology images, expert annotations, and other resources for cancer research. IDC has developed a range of tools for exploring, accessing, downloading, viewing, and analyzing these data. Researchers can also use AI assistants connected to IDC resources to ask questions about the data in natural language.

  • CRDC INSIGHTS
    Data Sharing, Simplified: The CRDC Submission Portal at Two Years

    The NIH Data Management and Sharing (DMS) Policy sets clear expectations for NIH-funded research: scientific data should be made publicly accessible in a timely and responsible manner. The CRDC Submission Portal makes data sharing easier by providing a single, unified entry point for submitting data across multiple CRDC Data Commons. 

  • CRDC INSIGHTS
    Questions Answered: Data Commons in Cancer Research

    Cancer researchers work with large and complex data sets, and data commons can make it easier to access, share, and analyze them. NCI’s Cancer Research Data Commons (CRDC) is a cloud-based infrastructure that brings together cancer research data and analytical resources.

  • CRDC Insights
    A New Way to Explore the Imaging Data Commons: Asking Questions in Natural Language

    The Imaging Data Commons (IDC), part of NCI’s Cancer Research Data Commons (CRDC), a cloud-based data science infrastructure that connects cancer research data with analysis tools and resources, gives cancer researchers access to a large collection of medical images and related data. Researchers can use IDC to find CT scans, MRIs, pathology images, expert annotations, and other resources for cancer research. IDC has developed a range of tools for exploring, accessing, downloading, viewing, and analyzing these data. Researchers can also use AI assistants connected to IDC resources to ask questions about the data in natural language.

  • CRDC INSIGHTS
    Data Sharing, Simplified: The CRDC Submission Portal at Two Years

    The NIH Data Management and Sharing (DMS) Policy sets clear expectations for NIH-funded research: scientific data should be made publicly accessible in a timely and responsible manner. The CRDC Submission Portal makes data sharing easier by providing a single, unified entry point for submitting data across multiple CRDC Data Commons. 

  • CRDC INSIGHTS
    Questions Answered: Data Commons in Cancer Research

    Cancer researchers work with large and complex data sets, and data commons can make it easier to access, share, and analyze them. NCI’s Cancer Research Data Commons (CRDC) is a cloud-based infrastructure that brings together cancer research data and analytical resources.

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Data Commons

Genomic Data Commons (GDC)

Share, analyze, and visualize harmonized genomic data, including TCGA, TARGET, and CPTAC.

Proteomic Data Commons (PDC)

Share, analyze, and visualize proteomic data, such as CPTAC and The International Cancer Proteogenome Consortium (ICPC).

Imaging Data Commons (IDC)

Share, analyze, and visualize multi-modal imaging data from both clinical and basic cancer research studies.

Integrated Canine Data Commons (ICDC)

Share data from canine clinical trials, including the PRE-medical Cancer Immunotherapy Network Canine Trials (PRECINCT) and the Comparative Oncology Program.

Clinical and Translational Data Commons (CTDC)

Store and share data from NCI-funded Clinical and Translational Studies.

General Commons (GC)

Hosting and sharing NCI data of multiple data types not a match for other CRDC Data Commons.

Population Science Data Commons (PSDC)

Hosting and sharing of NCI-funded population science data

Core Resources and Services

Cancer Data Aggregator (CDA)

Enables users to query and connect data distributed across the CRDC for integrative analysis.

Data Commons Framework (DCF)

Provides secure user authentication and authorization and permanent digital object identifiers for data objects.

Seven Bridges Cancer Genomics Cloud developed by Velsera (SB-CGC)

Enables users to query and connect data distributed across the CRDC for integrative analysis.

ABOUT CRDC

CRDC is built for researchers

  • Enable the cancer research community to share diverse data types
  • Provide secure access to data
  • Facilitate the generation of innovative tools
  • Adhere to FAIR principles of data stewardship: Findable, Accessible, Interoperable, and Reusable