Integrated Cancer Repository for Cancer Research
University of Nebraska
Summary
The iCaRe2 is a multi-institutional resource created and maintained by the Fred \& Pamela Buffett Cancer Center to collect and manage standardized, multi-dimensional, longitudinal data and biospecimens on consented adult cancer patients, high-risk individuals, and normal controls. The distinct characteristic of the iCaRe2 is its geographical coverage, with a significant percentage of small and rural hospitals and cancer centers. The iCaRe2 advances comprehensive studies of risk factors of cancer development and progression and enables the design of novel strategies for prevention, screening, early detection and personalized treatment of cancer. Centers with expertise in cancer epidemiology, genetics, biology, early detection, and patient care can collaborate by using the iCaRe2 as a platform for cohort and population studies.
Description
The integrated Cancer Repository for Cancer Research (iCaRe2 http://icare2.unmc.edu) is a unique sociotechnical resource for the collection and management of cancer and health-related data at the Fred \& Pamela Buffett Cancer Center at University of Nebraska Medical Center (UNMC). The iCaRe2 is a multi-center, semantically interoperable and easily customizable cancer data resource, which is aimed at collecting, managing, mining and sharing the comprehensive, multi-dimensional cancer-related data on cancer patients and biospecimens (such as tumor specimens, germ line DNA, serum, urine, and plas…
Eligibility
- Age range
- 19–110 years
- Sex
- All
- Healthy volunteers
- Yes
Inclusion Criteria * Diagnosis/history of cancer * Risk for developing cancer or suspicious clinical findings * No history of cancer (normal control registry) * Able to provide informed consent * 19 years of age or older * English or Spanish speaking individuals Exclusion Criteria * Unable to provide informed consent because of cognitive impairment * Non-English or non-Spanish speaking individuals
Locations (42)
- Advent HealthGreenwood Village, Colorado
- Hartford HealthCare Cancer Institute at Manchester Medical HospitalManchester, Connecticut
- Florida Hospital Memorial Medical CenterDaytona Beach, Florida
- Florida Hospital DeLandDeLand, Florida
- Florida Hospital FISHOrange City, Florida
- Florida Hospital FlaglerPalm Coast, Florida