Mission and Goals
caBIG® stands for the cancer Biomedical Informatics Grid®. caBIG® is an information network enabling all constituencies in the cancer community – researchers, physicians, and patients – to share data and knowledge.
The mission of caBIG® is to develop a truly collaborative information network that accelerates the discovery of new approaches for the detection, diagnosis, treatment, and prevention of cancer, ultimately improving patient outcomes.
The goals of caBIG® are to:
- Connect scientists and practitioners through a shareable and interoperable infrastructure
- Develop standard rules and a common language to more easily share information
- Build or adapt tools for collecting, analyzing, integrating, and disseminating information associated with cancer research and care.
The cancer community is united in its mission to eliminate suffering and death due to cancer. It is now connected by caBIG®.
United in mission, connected by caBIG®
