title: Role of clinical trials informatics in the NCI's cancer informatics infrastructure.
abstract: A Web-enabled Cancer Informatics Infrastructure (CII) will enable faster, better clinical trials, ultimately improving cancer care. To create the CII, the National Cancer Institute is forming public-private partnerships and building on existing activities. Key innovations include development of standards for cancer patient information and clinical research, management of patients using disease specific "clinical states" and use of drag and drop electronic protocol authoring.
authors.affiliation: National Cancer Institute, Bethesda, Maryland, USA.
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Silva
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Wittes
mesh_terms: D001943:Breast Neoplasms; D002986:Clinical Trials as Topic / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D019992:Databases as Topic; D004608:Eligibility Determination; D006801:Humans; D009316:National Institutes of Health (U.S.); D009369:Neoplasms / Q000628:therapy*; D018579:Patient Selection; D014481:United States