The development and utilization of biomedical informatics via infrastructure, tools and applications plays a key role in overcoming many of the cultural, collaborative and technological barriers impeding cancer research and care.

An enabling, integrating infrastructure will facilitate coordination across the bench to bedside continuum -- spanning the health and research communities:

• Practitioners can have access to the multitude of research generated and clinical data they need for informed diagnosis, prognosis and treatment;
• Researchers can capitalize on cross-disciplinary insights and vital clinical data to accelerate breakthroughs in understanding and treatment;
• Industry can utilize diverse data to facilitate advances and populate the “drug pipeline” with targeted pharmaceuticals, or create new biologic therapies, or medical devices and technologies; and
• Patients also have greater access to their health information, relevant clinical trials and are empowered to make informed choices about their care.