A new interagency collaborative plan that tackles cancer prevention and treatment is harnessing the power of cloud, data and other technologies as part of the reignited Cancer Moonshot effort.
The National Cancer Institute released the National Cancer Plan this week with an outline for the long-term plan coordinating a national response to create better outcomes for cancer patients…
The National Cancer Plan also includes a cloud-based data architecture called the NCI Cancer Research Data Commons that aims to bridge collection of cancer data with tools to help researchers analyze that data.
Multiple projects are underway to develop new technologies that will help promote early cancer detection. These tools will have the ability to detect tumor cells and other substances in blood that identify the presence of many types of cancer before they cause symptoms…