caBIG™

The cancer Biomedical Informatics Grid, or caBIG™, is a voluntary network that connects individuals and institutions to enable the sharing of data and tools, creating a World Wide Web of cancer research. The goal is to speed the delivery of innovative approaches for the prevention and treatment of cancer. The infrastructure and tools created by caBIG™ also have broad utility outside the cancer community. caBIG™ is being developed under the leadership of the National Cancer Institute’s Center for Bioinformatics.

There are over 800 people from approximately 50 NCI-designated Cancer Centers and 30 other organizations working collaboratively on caBIG™ in a 3-year pilot project. caBIG™ programs focus on the following key areas: clinical trial management systems, integrative cancer research, in vivo imaging, and tissue banks and pathology tools. caBIG™ has already delivered over 40 tools and applications, all freely available to the community and other interested stakeholders.

For more information, please visit the caBIG™ public information website at http://cabig.cancer.gov.