Transforming Big Data into cancer-relevant insight: An initial, multi-tier approach to assess reproducibility and relevance

Gerhard, D. S., Clemons, P. A., Shamji, A. F., Hon, C., Wagner, B. K., Schreiber, S. L., Krasnitz, A., Sordella, R., Sander, C., Lowe, S. W., Powers, S., Smith, K., Aburi, M., Iavarone, A., Lasorella, A., Silva, J., Stockwell, B. R., Califano, A., Boehm, J. S., Vazquez, F., Weir, B. A., Hahn, W. C., Khuri, F. R., Moreno, C. S., Johns, M., Fu, H., Nikolova, O., Mendez, E., Gadi, V. K., Margolin, A. A., Grandori, C., Kemp, C. J., Warren, E. H., Riddell, S. R., McIntosh, M. W., Gevaert, O., Kuo, C. J., Ji, H. P., Dhruv, H., Finlay, D., Kiefer, J., Kim, S., Vuori, K., Berens, M. E., Hangauer, M., Boettcher, M., Weissman, J. S., Bivona, T. G., Bandyopadhyay, S., McManus, M. T., McCormick, F., Aksoy, O., Simonds, E. F., Zheng, T., Chen, J., An, Z., Balmain, A., Weiss, W. A., Chen, K., Liang, H., Scott, K. L., Mills, G. B., Posner, B. A., MacMillan, J., Minna, J., White, M., Roth, M. G., Jagu, S., Mazerik, J. (July 2016) Transforming Big Data into cancer-relevant insight: An initial, multi-tier approach to assess reproducibility and relevance. Mol Cancer Res. ISSN 1557-3125 (Electronic)1541-7786 (Linking)

Abstract

The Cancer Target Discovery and Development (CTD2) Network was established to accelerate the transformation of "Big Data" into novel pharmacological targets, lead compounds, and biomarkers for rapid translation into improved patient outcomes. It rapidly became clear in this collaborative network that a key central issue was to define what constitutes sufficient computational or experimental evidence to support a biologically or clinically relevant finding. This manuscript represents a first attempt to delineate the challenges of supporting and confirming discoveries arising from the systematic analysis of large-scale data resources in a collaborative work environment and to provide a framework that would begin a community discussion to resolve these challenges. The Network implemented a multi-Tier framework designed to substantiate the biological and biomedical relevance as well as the reproducibility of data and insights resulting from its collaborative activities. The same approach can be used by the broad scientific community to drive development of novel therapeutic and biomarker strategies for cancer.

Item Type: Paper
Subjects: bioinformatics
diseases & disorders > cancer
bioinformatics > genomics and proteomics
therapies
bioinformatics > genomics and proteomics > datasets
CSHL Authors:
Communities: CSHL Cancer Center Program > Cancer Genetics
CSHL labs > Krasnitz lab
CSHL labs > Sordella lab
CSHL Cancer Center Program > Cancer Genetics and Genomics Program
CSHL Cancer Center Program > Cellular Communication in Cancer Program
Depositing User: Matt Covey
Date: 11 July 2016
Date Deposited: 22 Jul 2016 16:36
Last Modified: 26 Oct 2020 16:20
PMCID: PMC4987219
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URI: https://repository.cshl.edu/id/eprint/32971

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