I TCGA Events and Workshops
March 24, 2008
5:30 p.m. – 8:00 p.m.
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On January 10, 2008, the TCGA Project Team hosted a Data Portal workshop to engage
experts in gleaning suggestions for new features and future iterations of the Pilot
Project Data Portal. The meeting focused on three main topics: 1) Discussing the
Pilot Project and implications of cancer genomic information on cancer research,
clinical practice, and health outcomes; 2) Highlighting the current external tools
available for analysis of TCGA data; and 3) Generating suggestions for future iterations
of the Data Portal. An overview of the breakout sessions and conclusion of the Data
Portal workshop are described in the
Summary Report.
In May 2006, NCI and NHGRI convened a “TCGA Data Release Workshop” in Queens, New
York. Workshop participants included representatives from genomic data production
centers, genomic sequencers, bioinformatics data users, journal editors, cancer
biologists, clinical researchers, patient advocates, data users from pharmaceutical
and biotechnology companies, intellectual property experts, and regulatory agency
representatives. Participants provided suggestions for the development of a TCGA
pilot project data release policy and discussed strategies to balance the need to
make the data publicly available while protecting data integrity and maintaining
patient privacy. Information about this workshop is available in the Summary Report.
In July 2005, NCI and NHGRI convened a workshop in Washington, D.C. entitled "Toward
a Comprehensive Genomic Analysis of Cancer." This workshop brought together
physicians, basic scientists, and other members of the U.S. and international cancer
communities to assist in outlining the most effective strategies for the development
of a successful project. Information about this workshop is reported
in the Executive Summary.
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