• caBIG^® In Action
• Case Studies
• Cancer Centers
• Research Collaborations
• NCI Initiatives
  • Alliance for Nanotechnology in Cancer
  • Clinical Trials Working Group (CTWG)
  • Clinical Proteomic Technologies for Cancer (CPTC)
  • Office of Biorepositories and Biospecimen Research (OBBR)
  • Office of Cancer Genomics (OCG)
  • The Cancer Genome Atlas (TCGA)
• HIT Initiatives
• International Cooperation

Office of Cancer Genomics (OCG)

The mandate of the Office of Cancer Genomics (OCG) at the National Cancer Institute (NCI) is to enhance understanding of the molecular mechanisms of cancer, with the ultimate goal of improving the prevention, early detection, diagnosis, and treatment of cancer.

Specifically, the OCG:

• Provides information, technology, methods, informatics tools, and reagents to serve the needs of the cancer research community
• Manages the following research programs:
  • The Cancer Genome Anatomy Project (CGAP)
  • The NIH Mammalian Gene Collection (MGC)
  • Initiative for Chemical Genetics (ICG)
• Establishes and maintains relationships with advisory groups for each of the above programs
• Develops educational resources for the general public

All of the OCG's programs are intended to generate and disseminate genomic data for use by the research community. To maximize the value and timeliness of the megabytes of such data, OCG is coordinating with caBIG^® to ensure user-friendly, systematic access to each program's data for researchers; semantic interoperability — that is, to have all users agree on terminology so that experimental results are interpretable in a consistent, unambiguous way; and software tools that can be adopted or further developed.