Leveraging TCGA Data with the Computational Array Native Database Onco-SciDB

摘要

The 8500 files comprising the Cancer Genome Atlas are an invaluable resource for precision medicine. Yet these data are underutilized as they are not in a format or analytical environment that supports interactive, exploratory research. For maximum scientific impact, such complex data sets must be cleaned, organized for scalable, efficient analysis, and combined with multiple lines of evidence, both public and proprietary. SciDB-an open source computational database designed specifically for scientific research-and OncoSciDB-one of a family of applications-address these requirements for cancer and other diseases.