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    Cancer Inform. 2009 Feb 9;8:1-17.

    A novel information retrieval model for high-throughput molecular medicine modalities.

    Wehbe FH, Brown SH, Massion PP, Gadd CS, Masys DR, Aliferis CF.

    Department of Biomedical Informatics, Vanderbilt University, Nashville, TN, U.S.A.

    Significant research has been devoted to predicting diagnosis, prognosis, and response to treatment using high-throughput assays. Rapid translation into clinical results hinges upon efficient access to up-to-date and high-quality molecular medicine modalities.We first explain why this goal is inadequately supported by existing databases and portals and then introduce a novel semantic indexing and information retrieval model for clinical bioinformatics. The formalism provides the means for indexing a variety of relevant objects (e.g. papers, algorithms, signatures, datasets) and includes a model of the research processes that creates and validates these objects in order to support their systematic presentation once retrieved.We test the applicability of the model by constructing proof-of-concept encodings and visual presentations of evidence and modalities in molecular profiling and prognosis of: (a) diffuse large B-cell lymphoma (DLBCL) and (b) breast cancer.

    PMID: 19458790 [PubMed - in process]

    PMCID: 2664697

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