title: Cancer informatics in the U.K.: the NCRI informatics initiative.
abstract: The arrival of high-throughput technologies in cancer science and medicine has made the possibility for knowledge generation greater than ever before. However, this has brought with it real challenges as researchers struggle to analyse the avalanche of information available to them. A unique U.K.-based initiative has been established to promote data sharing in cancer science and medicine and to address the technical and cultural issues needed to support this.
authors.affiliation: NCRI Informatics Initiative, London, U.K. fiona.reddington@ncri.org.uk
authors.forename: Fiona
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Reddington
authors.forename: J Max
authors.initials: JM
authors.lastname: Wilkinson
authors.forename: Robin
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Clark
authors.forename: Helen
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Parkinson
authors.forename: Peter
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Kerr
authors.forename: Richard
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Begent