Plans and Priorities for Cancer Research

Spotlight on Research

CGAP Is a Gateway to New Exploration and Discovery

NCI's Cancer Genome Anatomy Project (CGAP) was established in 1997 to determine the gene expression profiles of normal, precancer, and cancer cells and to provide public access to this information for all cancer researchers.

The project is now providing:

With public data and analysis tools, researchers can now find "in silico" answers to biological questions in a fraction of the time it used to take in the lab.

Researchers have started mining the CGAP databases and are:

For example:

These results have already begun to contribute to our goal to improve detection, diagnosis and treatment of cancer. Since these discoveries come from early application of CGAP resources, CGAP's impact on the future of cancer research and clinical advances promises to be substantial.