title: An information system to support collaborative brain-tumor research.
abstract: We have developed and are currently maintaining a Neuro-Oncology Information System (NOIS) to support brain-tumor research. The system has been adopted for use by a group of researchers at several centers in the U.S.A. who are collaborating to input, store, and retrieve information concerning tissue specimens, corresponding clinical and diagnostic information, and eventual research results. The information system consists of a database and user-interface components. The database has clinical, diagnostic and tissue-inventory subsystems, the user interfaces allow for input and query functions on the database.
authors.affiliation: Department of Computer and Information Science, The Ohio State University, 2015 Neil Avenue Mall, Columbus, OH 43210, USA. mamrak@cis.ohio-state.edu
authors.forename: S A
authors.initials: SA
authors.lastname: Mamrak
authors.forename: A J
authors.initials: AJ
authors.lastname: Yates
mesh_terms: D035843:Biomedical Research; D001932:Brain Neoplasms; D003299:Cooperative Behavior; D016208:Databases, Factual; D006801:Humans; D007256:Information Systems; D014481:United States; D014584:User-Computer Interface