Open literature the objective of this program is to establish an infrastructure under which agents that demonstrate potential chemopreventive activity can be identified. recent discoveries with small classes of agents have shown chemopreventive activity in animal models for human cancers, and… More

Computers have become major tools in science and business. there has been evolution in the way in which computers are used; from integral table calculation to expert systems and from payroll production to simulation of business activities. one challenge remaining is the generation of systems to… More

The overall objective of this program is to develop personalcomputer and minicomputer information retrieval systems for cancer information. one unique feature of these systems will be their use of cd/rom storage technology, which provides a storage capacity of over 500 megabytes; it is expensive,… More

As health care costs have typically risen faster than the general rate of inflation, there is considerable pressure for reduction in health care costs, yet it is always necessary to maintain and/or improve the quality of health care. information management can help to meet both goals. this project… More

The objective of this program is to establish a method by which cancer treatments not being investigated through conventional channels can be identified, organized into a database, and disseminated to interested parties. organizing this information will provide a means for identifying unscrupulous… More

Current scientific bibliographic databases (e.g., medline) now play a central role in literature activities. they are important and they are widely used. however, the information expressed in the title, abstract, and mesh indexfields in these databases is quite chaotic and sketchy compared with the… More

The aids epidemic is a matter of serious and growing concernto the health community. since there currently exist no medical preventives or cures for aids, the health community is concentrating on educational activities to slow the spread of the disease while research is being conducted on potential… More

There exists a tremendous amount of information in state death certificates and supporting documents that is crucial to health research and that is now accessed only with difficulty by epidemiologists. to address this problem, especially for deaths prior to 1979-when the national death index was… More

This project will develop a research question database (rqdb) on cancer. each record will represent exactly one research question. for example, "is there a necessary causative agent for aids"? for this particular question, the research community has a current consensus answer (yes),but for many… More

One of the leading databanks of epidemiologic research in progress is the directory of on-going research in cancer epidemiology, published annually by the international agency for research on cancer in collaboration with the national cancer institute and the deutsches krebsforschungszentrum. the… More

Seer is a large population-based cancer registry database produced and maintained under nci funding. seer is a well known and valuable resource for epidemiological research on questions of cancer etiology, effectiveness of therapy, and related matters. cd-rom is a revolutionary computer data storage… More

We will demonstrate the feasiblity of providing an information resource for dermatology (skin cancer, in particular) on optical disc. we have already developed databases that would be germane to such a product, and have identified public domain databases and textbooks that would be appropriate. nci… More

A major theme in modern health care is to convert the medical library materials of the world into computer modules, and thereby to improve labor efficiency and to reduce mistakes by medical practitioners. to date, "automated doctor" products designed to make medical decisions have not been well… More

In this project we will develop the portable patient record (ppr) using magneto-optical (mo) disc technology. we eill focus on the data and information related to average cancer patients, who are very representative of the need for multiple treatments at diverse sits by a variety of providers.… More

It is planned to develop cd-aging, a cd-rom containing databases useful to researchers on human aging. the projectwill involve selecting and reformatting the databases, and embedding them in a pc environment that will support easy access to the data for viewing and for processing by familiar… More

This grant seeks to demonstrate the feasibility of providing an interactive multi-media presentation methodology for cancer prevention information that can influence changes in behavior. we plan to employ newly developed technologies to enhance the presentation of information from something… More

In this project we will build a CD-ROM database containing images of highly verified chromatograms of chemicals, especially those pertinent to cancer/health research. Suitable indexing of these images will make retrieval rapid, and we will research ways to enable CD-ROM users to download these data… More

Patient clinical data, which is of great necessity and utility in providing the best and most cost-effective patient care to a given individual as well as valuable for medical treatment effectiveness programs that can benefit our society as a whole, are currently very difficult to obtain. Clinical… More

PDQ (Physician Data Query) is a set of related files produced by the National Cancer Institute,International Cancer Information Center and available online on CD-ROM, via facsimile (subset) and viaInternet (subset). PDQ contains information on the diagnosis, prognosis and treatment of cancer. PDQis… More