Introduction to the Trinity Cancer Transcriptome Analysis Toolkit

05 Feb 2015 | Contributor(s): Brian Haas, Aviv Regev, Bill Barnett

This short video provides an overview of our ITCR-funded effort to leverage RNA-Seq and de novo transcriptome assembly to assist researchers in studying cancer transcriptomes.  Visit our NCGAS Trinity/Galaxy portal to access these compute...

LBL ICBP50 integrative genomic data

13 Nov 2014 | Downloads | Contributor(s): Joe Gray, Jonathan Bistline

From Joe Gray, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory.  There are seventeen (17) files in this study: Affymetrix U133A gene expression data (icbp_u133a.gct) Affymetrix U133A gene expression data (ICBP_U133a.zip) Affymetrix splice junction exon-exon data (ICBP_Junction.zip) Affymetrix...

Multiclass cancer diagnosis using tumor gene expression signatures

10 Nov 2014 | Downloads

Experiment Description:    The optimal treatment of patients with cancer depends on establishing accurate diagnoses by using a complex combination of clinical and histopathological data. In some instances, this task is difficult or impossible because of atypical clinical...

NANOANALYTICS OF EXTRACELLULAR VESICLES – Standards for isolation, characterization and reporting

26 May 2017 | Presentations | Contributor(s): Shivani Sharma

Nano WG presentation on May 25, 2017. Presentation by Dr.  Shivani Sharma, Associate Director of the Nano Pico Characterization Lab, UCLA. Nanoscale characterization of exosomes and their use disease biomarkers and drug delivery agents

Patient Stories

30 Nov 2015 | Teaching Materials | Contributor(s): Diane Townsel

Beaumont’s Patient videos: is the story of five patients that have participated in clinical research or have been a part of a bio-specimen study. The videos tell the unique stories of our patients and how our Cancer Clinical Trials staff build relationships with our patients and guide them...

Por Nuestras Hijas/For Our Daughters HPV Program

24 Nov 2015 | Teaching Materials | Contributor(s): Maria E. Fernandez

The Por Nuestras Hijas/For Our Daughters HPV program is an interactive, culturally appropriate HPV education program which includes a print fotonovela and a tailored interactive multimedia intervention (TIMI). The TIMI runs on iPads and also available on the web and mobile platforms. The program...

pRainBow optical barcoding library

14 Aug 2014 | Reagents | Contributor(s): Andries Zijlstra

Note: this is a work in progress. About: pRainBow is a library of lentiviral vectors designed to allow for fluorescent labeling of cells with one of 7 distinct fluorescent proteins. Composition: How to obtain: How to cite: Other information:Good global...

Rationale for Creating an International Forum and NCI Funding Opportunities

18 Apr 2014 | Presentations | Contributor(s): Larry Clarke

The topic here is the creation of research networks and their value to cancer research.The Cancer Imaging Program, is administering several research networks. This presentation on the creation and value of two of them (The Network for Translational research or NTR, and the Quantitative Imaging...

Report to the DICOM Standards Committee - December 4, 2015

10 Dec 2014 | Downloads | Contributor(s): Joseph Kalen

Screening for Small Molecules: Target Discovery Against miRNAs for Breast Cancer Treatment

18 Aug 2015 | Presentations | Contributor(s): Odemaris Narvaez del Pilar

Breast cancer is one of the leading causes of cancer related deaths and morbidity among women worldwide. Identifying new targets and developing new therapies is very important in order to improve patient outcomes and minimize this health burden. MicroRNAs, a type of non-coding RNA, are potential...

Summary of the 2015 Epigenetic Engineering for Cancer Workshops

22 Dec 2015 | Publications | Contributor(s): Tony Dickherber

This document provides a general summary of the 2 virtual workshops held in Fall of 2015 to explore the suitability of epigenetic engineering tools to specifically modify epigenetic loci to study and/or treat cancer.

Text Messaging and Phone Calls as Tools to Promote Healthy Behaviors among Hispanic Populations

24 Nov 2015 | Teaching Materials | Contributor(s): Laura Leticia Nervi, Barbara Damron, Maria Otero, Andrew Sussman, Dolores Guest

Title: Text Messaging and Phone Calls as Tools to Promote Healthy Behaviors among Hispanic Populations   Objectives: The primary aim of this project was to evaluate the use of text messaging and phone calls to motivate Hispanic adult males and females to increase their daily physical...

Text Messaging as a Method to Increase Oral Chemotherapy Adherence in Hispanic Cancer Populations

23 Nov 2015 | Teaching Materials | Contributor(s): Laura Leticia Nervi, Barbara Damron, Andrew Sussman, Dolores Guest

Title: Text Messaging as a Method to Increase Oral Chemotherapy Adherence in Hispanic Cancer Populations:  Patient and Provider Feasibility Surveys Objectives: The purpose of this study was to explore the feasibility of conducting an interventional study to evaluate the effectiveness of text...

The Boston Medical Center Patient Navigation Toolkit

22 Dec 2015 | Downloads

The BMC Toolkit offers case studies, tools and resources from cancer care navigation that can be applied to reduce the impact of the target disease, health disparities, and barriers to care unique to your own community. For Program Planners, Volume 1: Developing your Patient Navigation...

Translational Cancer Imaging

18 Apr 2014 | Presentations | Contributor(s): Tony Ng, David Hawkes, Shonit Punwani

Understanding Colorectal Cancer to Protect our Communities

24 Nov 2015 | Teaching Materials | Contributor(s): NCI

This is a teaching material originally developed by NCI. 

Workshop Tweets

15 Aug 2017 | Publications | Contributor(s): Stephanie Morris

Collated tweets from workshop and networking reception.