title: International data-sharing for radiotherapy research: an open-source based infrastructure for multicentric clinical data mining.
abstract: Extensive, multifactorial data sharing is a crucial prerequisite for current and future (radiotherapy) research. However, the cost, time and effort to achieve this are often a roadblock. We present an open-source based data-sharing infrastructure between two radiotherapy departments, allowing seamless exchange of de-identified, automatically translated clinical and biomedical treatment data.
authors.affiliation: Department of Radiation Oncology (MAASTRO), GROW-School for Oncology and Developmental Biology, Maastricht University Medical Center (MUMC+), The Netherlands.
authors.forename: Erik
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Roelofs
authors.affiliation: Department of Radiation Oncology (MAASTRO), GROW-School for Oncology and Developmental Biology, Maastricht University Medical Center (MUMC+), The Netherlands.
authors.forename: André
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Dekker
authors.affiliation: Department of Radiation Oncology, Policlinico Universitario Agostino Gemelli, Rome, Italy.
authors.forename: Elisa
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Meldolesi
authors.affiliation: Department of Radiation Oncology (MAASTRO), GROW-School for Oncology and Developmental Biology, Maastricht University Medical Center (MUMC+), The Netherlands.
authors.forename: Ruud G P M
authors.initials: RGPM
authors.lastname: van Stiphout
authors.affiliation: Department of Radiation Oncology, Policlinico Universitario Agostino Gemelli, Rome, Italy.
authors.forename: Vincenzo
authors.initials: V
authors.lastname: Valentini
authors.affiliation: Department of Radiation Oncology (MAASTRO), GROW-School for Oncology and Developmental Biology, Maastricht University Medical Center (MUMC+), The Netherlands.
authors.forename: Philippe
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Lambin
mesh_terms: D002986:Clinical Trials as Topic / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D057225:Data Mining; D006801:Humans; D033181:Information Dissemination; D009369:Neoplasms / Q000532:radiotherapy*; D011878:Radiotherapy / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*
keywords: Data mining; Knowledge engineering; Machine learning; Medical informatics; Open source software