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Read the latest news about caBIG® and its mission to develop a truly collaborative information network that accelerates the discovery of new approaches for the detection, diagnosis, treatment, and prevention of cancer, ultimately improving patient outcomes.
News Stories
2011 News
NCI Asks for Help with Open Source Development Model—Open Health News
July 12, 2011
The National Cancer Institute (NCI) has released a formal RFI (Request for Information) asking for help in the drafting of an open source development model for the software NCI has developed under the Cancer Biomedical Informatics Grid (caBIG® ) project.
SIIM: Informatics can fuel quantitative imaging—OncologyImaging.net
June 16, 2011
Daniel Rubin, assistant professor of radiology Stanford University School of Medicine in Stanford, CA, presented information on quantitative imaging as a key driver for radiology in the future at the annual meeting of the Society for Imaging Informatics in Medicine (SIIM).
Connecting Information and the Future of Health Care—BioIT World
June 8, 2011
From the 2011 Bio-IT World conference, Ken Buetow noted that "technology is transforming every area of the economy while we in biomedicine are still pretty much a backwater." It's not that technologies don't exist, but rather that they exist in isolation. The industry is an "interconnected collection of different sources of information," from electronic health records and social media to wireless devices and smart phones. No single source holds all the data.
caBIG - 5 Useful Online Biology Research Tools—FierceBiotechIT
May 2, 2011
caBIG® was selected as one of the 5 most useful online tools for dealing with large quantities of research data.
Enabling Personalized Medicine through Health Information Technology—Center for Technology Innovation at Brookings
January 28, 2011
In this report, the Center for Technology Innovation at Brookings outlines the challenges of enabling personalized medicine, and highlights caBIG® as a data model for overcoming these challenges by facilitating connectivity, integration, and the analysis of information.
2010 News
Army of Women allies with caBIG for online longitudinal study—The Digital Scientist
December 22, 2010
The Digital Scientist reports on the Health of Women Study and discusses the collaboration between the Love/Avon Army of Women and caBIG®. This online longitudinal study is the first of its kind and marks a shift in the way that consumers can contribute to research.
National Cancer Institute Teams with Microsoft—Health Data Management (HDM)
December 22, 2010
In this article, Health Data Management highlights the expansion of the caBIG® Patient Outcomes Data Service (PODS). caBIG®, Microsoft, and SAIC have developed a prototype that integrates PODS with Microsoft's HealthVault, enabling patients to contribute medical information into electronic health records.
C-DAC to take telemedicine to national level—The Times of India
December 10, 2010
The Indian National Knowledge Network will set up a connection between the Centre for Development of Advanced Computing (C-DAC) PARAM Yuva supercomputer located in CITY and the cancer Biomedical Informatics Grid® (caBIG®) to enhance biomedical research and telemedicine in India.
Need global collaborative research to fight cancer—Indian Express.com
December 10, 2010
The National Cancer Institute and the Centre for Development of Advanced Computing (C-DAC) discuss the urgent need for collaborative cancer research on a global level at the US-India Network Enabled Research Collaboration Workshop.
C-DAC in Pune to facilitate cancer research—DNA India
December 9, 2010
At the US-India Network Enabled Research Collaboration Workshop, the Centre for Development of Advanced Computing (C-DAC) describes its augmentation and facilitation of a cancer care and research program in India by utilizing the cancer Biomedical Informatics Grid® (caBIG®) technology.
CDAC to host 2nd Cancer Biomedical Informatics Grid meet—Business Standard
December 9, 2010
The Centre for Development of Advanced Computing (C-DAC) recently hosted a second meeting with caBIG® program officials to promote the exchange of information and knowledge. The event brought together medical researchers, practitioners, and technologists for evolving ideas, tools, and training devoted to finding a cure for cancer.
Next-generation diagnostic imaging will advance personalized medicine—Healthcare IT News
November 19, 2010
This article describes how the new caBIG® service-oriented architecture (SOA) and Annotation Imaging Markup (AIM) are advancing personalized medicine. The caBIG® SOA and AIM tool will enable more sites to connect to the grid and allow clinicians to not only share images but also store information.
Driving Innovation—Military Medical Technology
October 2010
This article argues that new models of collaborative research can dramatically improve the chances of scientific productivity, especially in research that may require significant investment, involve large numbers of investigators, and address urgent issues. caBIG® is highlighted as a model for collaborative science.
Translational Informatics Linking Research to Clinical Care a Key Focus of caBIG® 2010—GenomeWeb/BioInform
September 17, 2010
In covering the sixth caBIG® annual meeting, which attracted more than 1,100 participants, BioInform highlighted the diverse range of presentations that featured various caBIG® applications and their use within the community. Particular emphasis was placed on the caBIG® community's collaborative efforts to better connect research and clinical care through translational informatics.
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Communication, Clear Goals Among Factors Necessary to Successfully Deploy caBIG® Tools, Researchers Say—GenomeWeb/BioInform
September 17, 2010
In its continued coverage of the caBIG® annual meeting, Building a Collaborative Biomedical Network, BioInform reported on insights provided by community members who have deployed caBIG® applications and can offer useful tips to others who plan to do the same. Among the recommendations shared, key success factors included communication, the establishment of clear goals, and collaboration.
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NCI's caBIG® Team Seeks Input on caGrid 2.0 Roadmap—GenomeWeb
August 3, 2010
GenomeWeb reports on NCI's call for ideas from the informatics community about ways to improve the caGrid 2.0 roadmap. This process is intended to help improve upon the infrastructure so it will support evolving cancer research needs.
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Kenneth Buetow and caBIG®—The Health Care Blog
July 17, 2010
At Health 2.0 Goes to Washington on June 7, 2010, Kenneth Buetow, Associate Director of BioInformatics for the National Cancer Institute and Founder of caBIG®, talked about the launching of a large scale effort called Cancer Biomedical Informatics Grid (caBIG®).
National Cancer Institute Develops A Research Cloud—InformationWeek
May 12, 2010
InformationWeek highlights caBIG® to make the business case for cloud computing at federal agencies as part of a series of reports focused on government IT practices.
NCCCP: Building a Community-based Research Platform and Enhancing Cancer Care—NCI Cancer Bulletin
May 4, 2010
In 2007, NCI funded 16 community cancer centers at hospitals around the country in a pilot program called the NCI Community Cancer Centers Program (NCCCP). Based on the progress made in the pilot program, NCI has allocated funds from American Recovery and Reinvestment Act (ARRA) to expand the number of participating hospitals to include 30 hospitals in 22 states. Expansion of the NCCCP supports a number of critical NCI priorities in the area of translational research.
Collaborating Globally to Address Breast Cancer in Latin America—NCI Cancer Bulletin
April 6, 2010
Ambassador Nancy Brinker, Founder and CEO, Susan G. Komen for the Cure®, addresses the importance of collaborating with Latin America governments to develop a roadmap to successful treatment and social strategies for women worldwide.
I-SPY 2: Breast Cancer Trial Aims to Speed Drugs to the Clinic—NCI Cancer Bulletin
March 23, 2010
The Foundation for the National Institutes of Health and its Biomarkers Consortium announced the launch of the I-SPY 2 (Investigation of Serial Studies to Predict Your Therapeutic Response with Imaging and Molecular Analysis 2) breast cancer clinical trial, a novel, adaptive clinical study designed to move promising new drugs into phase III clinical trials more quickly and cost effectively than traditional phase II studies.
caBIG® success highlights need for proper patient ID—FierceHealthIT
March 15, 2010
In the March edition of FierceHealthIT, Editor Neil Versel highlights the success of the caBIG® in creating an environment of information sharing, between public and private researchers. Versel also discusses the implications of caBIG® technology and the importance of correct patient identification.
Chopra cites federal projects as health IT catalysts—Government Health IT
March 9, 2010
Government Health IT featured an article by Mary Mosquera which quotes Dr. Ken Buetow and Aneesh Chopra. In the article, Chopra commented that caBIG® standards and terminology could be commercially adopted as a means of patient engagement and data exchange. Dr. Buetow added that the cancer registry service enables physicians to collect and share information about cancer diagnoses, treatment and clinical outcomes of individual patients, as well as the outcomes of all of their patients in the aggregate.
Extraordinary Measures: Computing in the Cloud for Cancer—ReadWriteWeb
January 27, 2010
"Cloud computing" joins computing resources to answer scientific questions. This article discusses how caBIG® is setting standards for sharing computing resources and data in cancer research.
caBIG's Nationwide Network—Bio IT World
January 20, 2010
Bio IT World discusses how the National Cancer Institute's five-year effort to link cancer centers through caBIG® has progressed.
Top 10 Medical Research Trends to Watch in 2010—Huffington Post
January 7, 2010
In this list of the top medical trends for 2010, caBIG® is cited (along with the Love/Avon Army of Women) for providing the foundational technology to build an online longitudinal study and to make its data available to the cancer research community.
2009 News
Health Care IT Gets Personal—InformationWeek
November 13, 2009
InformationWeek discusses how health IT is personalizing care, including mentions of case studies at Duke, Beth Israel, Cleveland Clinic, and caBIG®.
Health data in the raw—Government Health IT
November 6, 2009
Government Health IT reports on www.data.gov, an online clearinghouse for federal data, including healthcare-related information. Dr. Ken Buetow comments on the potential application of such a resource.
NCI to open research grid to cancer patient 'army'—Government Health IT
October 9, 2009
Government Health IT reports on the collaboration between caBIG® and the Love/Avon Army of Women that leverages Web-based tools to connect cancer researchers with patients.
Director's Update: Using ARRA Funds to Advance Cancer Research—NCI Cancer Bulletin
September 2009
Dr. Niederhuber, then director of the NCI, focused his Director's Update on the NCI's efforts to advance cancer research using funds received under the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act (ARRA), including how caBIG® is moving forward with plans to create a secure, nationwide infrastructure for the storage of patient data.
GridBriefing: The future of Healthcare - eHealth and Grid Computing—GridTalk
September 2009
Dr. Ken Buetow and other experts discuss the growing role of grid technologies in eHealth, and new opportunities for grid computing in biomedicine.
Biomedical Informatics without Borders: Talking to Ken Buetow
September 2009
The GridTalk blog, GridCast posted several comments from Dr. Ken Buetow in an interview at the 2009 NCRI conference.
Director's Update: A Significant Milepost on the Cancer Informatics Super Highway—NCI Cancer Bulletin
July 2009
Dr. Niederhuber, then director of the NCI, focused his Director's Update on caBIG® in this issue of the NCI Cancer Bulletin.
Collaboration and Sustainability are Front and Center as caBIG® Celebrates Fifth Anniversary—GenomeWeb/BioInform
July 2009
BioInform reports on the five-year anniversary of caBIG® and discusses how participants are putting the wealth of caBIG® tools and applications to work in fostering collaboration, and ensuring that these resources are available for researchers in the long term.
NCI Tackles Trial Enrollment—The Scientist
July 2009
The Scientist discusses the new collaboration between caBIG® and the Dr. Susan Love Research Foundation to create a database of 1 million women interested in participating in clinical trials via the Army of Women website. These women, referred to as the Health of Women (HOW) cohort, can then be tapped by epidemiologists at will.
Love/Avon Army of Women to Use NCI's caBIG® Computational Platform for Breast Cancer Research—GenomeWeb/BioInform
July 2009
BioInform reports on how caBIG® is serving as the computational infrastructure for a joint venture between the Susan Love Research Foundation and the Avon Foundation, aimed at recruiting a million women to help breast cancer research. Kenneth Buetow, director of the NCI Center for Bioinformatics and Information Technology and leader of the caBIG® project, announced the initiative at the 2009 caBIG® annual meeting.
Thinking BIG—International Science Grid This Week
July 2009
International Science Grid This Week reports on Dr. Ken Buetow's remarks at the Bio-IT World Conference on his vision of a Cancer Knowledge Cloud — an IT environment designed to foster information connectivity among cancer patients, cancer researchers and clinical care providers. The Cancer Knowledge Cloud is currently under development and will help drive urgently needed change within biomedicine.
Cure Cancer? Not Without a Course Correction—Science Progress
May 2009
Science Progress reports on the need for a new battle plan against cancer—one that focuses on turning the treatment system into a research and learning system that can teach oncologists the best use of the weapons they already have. caBIG® is highlighted as a major advancement toward creating an information superhighway that enables a cancer learning network.
Sharing the Wealth of Data—Scientific American
May 2009
Data sharing enables researchers to overcome technical and sociological challenges, but it can have a larger impact by changing the approach to basic research and the business of biotechnology. Dr. Ken Buetow, NCI Associate Director for Bioinformatics and Information Technology discusses the advantages and complexities of sharing scientific data.
A Conversation with Dr. Ken Buetow—The NCI Cancer Bulletin
May 2009
The Director of the NCI's Center for Biomedical Informatics and Information Technology discusses the caBIG® initiative, as part of a special issue devoted to bioinformatics. In the same issue, Dr. Buetow also discusses how the recovery act is boosting bioinformatics.
Translational Research Demands Virtual Biobanks—GenomeWeb Daily News
May 2009
As translational medicine efforts evolve, institutions are looking to build "virtual" biorepository management systems that combine open source tools from caBIG® with commercial software development and support.
Diagnostic companies developing KRAS tests likely to see first impact of comparative effectiveness, industry experts say—PharmaWire
April 2009
Comparative effectiveness research refers to the comparison of different types of treatments for the same disease. In many countries, cost is also taken into account. A KRAS diagnostic will help predict which patients with colorectal cancer are likely to respond to EGFR drugs. Both the American Society of Clinical Oncology (ASCO) and NCCN have updated their guidelines to say KRAS testing should be integrated into clinical practice to determine which patients should be treated with these drugs in colorectal cancer.
On the brink of collaboration—Drug Discovery News
April 2009
Last month a "virtual tissue bank," supported by caTissue, was established in Arizona to address a key roadblock to collaboration and translational research—the ability to access tissue samples to support research efforts.
Translational Research Drives Demand for 'Virtual' Biobanks Built on caBIG® Tools—BioInform
April 3, 2009
caBIG® open source tools are being combined with commercial software to create 'virtual' biorepositories, allowing institutions across the country to practice translational medicine. A recent article from the GenomeWeb newsletter Bioinform highlights how caBIG® is enabling virtual biobanks at institutions like Washington University, Duke University, and others.
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University of California—Irvine Chao Family Comprehensive Cancer Center Selects the OnCore(r) Platform to Support their Clinical Informatics Needs—University of California, Irvine Press Release
March 2, 2009
The Arizona Biomedical Research Commission and 5AM Solutions Announce Agreement to Develop a Virtual Tissue Bank Serving Arizona Hospitals and Bioresearchers—5AM Solutions Press Release
February 25, 2009
Biomedical group, 5AM create virtual tissue bank—Phoenix Business Journal
February 25, 2009
The Arizona Biomedical Research Commission awarded a $1.2 million contract to 5AM Solutions Inc. to develop a virtual tissue bank using caTissue.
Surgeon General's New Family Health History Tool Is Released, Ready for "21st Century Medicine"—Market Watch
January 13, 2009
The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services announced the release of an updated and improved version of the Surgeon General's Internet-based family health history tool. The new tool makes it easier for consumers to assemble and share family health history information and helps practitioners make better use of health history information. The tool will be hosted by NCI and is compatible with caBIG® tools and infrastructure.
2008 News
Forward-Looking Systems at NCI—Clin Page
July 29, 2008
Clin Page interviewed Dr. Ken Buetow about caBIG® and how it is facilitating collaboration in the field of cancer research.
Connecting the Cancer Community caBIG® Time—Bio-IT World Magazine
July, 2008
This Bio-IT World Magazine article discusses caBIG® and how it is providing an interoperable method of connecting disparate health care providers and offering a common language for furthering development of cancer research tools and better patient outcomes.
GlaxoSmithKline collaborates with NCI to make large body of cancer cell genomic data available to all cancer researchers —GlaxoSmithKline Press Release
June 20, 2008
Winners of Bio-IT World's 2008 Best Practices Awards Honored—Bio-IT World
May 6, 2008
Dr. Ken Buetow, NCI Associate Director for Bioinformatics and Information Technology, was awarded the 2008 Bio-It World Editors Choice Award for the implementation of caBIG®. Read about Dr. Buetow's award winning work developing caBIG®.
Heading for the BIG Time—The Scientist
April 2008
Dr. Ken Buetow's article from The Scientist discusses the development of caBIG® and explains its goal of speeding the transfer of information from bench to bedside.
'World Wide Web of cancer research' exploits human genome map—
Computerworld
March 26, 2008
Computerworld discusses how caBIG® is helping to manage the vast amounts of data being generated by genomic research in the wake of the Human Genome project.
