DEVELOP A CD-ROM OF THE SEER DATABASE

SEER是一个基于人群的大型癌症登记数据库，由 在NCI的资助下维持。先知是一种众所周知的宝贵资源 对于癌症病因学问题的流行病学研究， 治疗效果及相关事项。光盘是一场革命性的革命 计算机数据存储介质，其使得个人能够 以低成本处理大型数据库的计算机(每个数据库650 MB 拼盘)。这项建议是关于制作一种包含 SEER数据库(可能还有一些相关数据库)用于广泛使用 IBM兼容个人计算机上的分发和处理 在整个研究界。该产品(CD-SEER)将是 在第一阶段完成原型，并在第二阶段SBIR赠款期间完成。 过去5年硬件和软件的显著发展 使这项任务成为可能，包括：CD技术的发展 以及适当的软件来使用它，包括ISG的SearchLITE。vbl.使用 SearchLITE，CD-SEER将使用户能够从 使用熟悉的布尔命令查看，然后查看和处理 通过使用电子表格或其他适当的分析来选择数据子集 程序。这些能力将使CD-SEER具有强大的性能 一个大型流行病学系统，但要付出代价和方便 指的是个人电脑。

SEER is a large population-based cancer registry database produced and maintained under NCI funding. SEER is a well known and valuable resource for epidemiological research on questions of cancer etiology, effectiveness of therapy, and related matters. CD-ROM is a revolutionary computer data storage medium that makes it possible for personal computers to inexpensively process large databases (650 megabytes per platter). This proposal is about making a CD-ROM product containing the seer database (and perhaps some related databases) for widespread distribution and processing on IBM compatible personal computers throughout the research community. This product (CD-SEER) will be prototyped in phase I and completed in the phase II SBIR grant period. The remarkable hardware and software developments of the past 5 years have made this task feasible, including: the development of CD technology and appropriate software to use it, including ISG's SearchLITE. Using SearchLITE, CD-SEER will enable a user to select a subset of records from SEER using familiar Boolean commands and then to view and process the selected data subset by using a spreadsheet or other appropriate analysis programs. These capabilities will make CD-SEER perform with the power of a mainframe epidemiological system, but at the cost and convenience of a personal computer.