DATA MANAGEMENT FOR CANCER DIAGNOSIS PROGRAM ACTIVITIES

该合同为信息管理服务公司（IMS）提供资金，以支持支持癌症诊断计划（CDP）活动的多种数据管理任务。承包商为CDP创建的与癌症标本资源相关的各种活动提供支持，如合作人体组织网络（CHTN）、集团银行委员会（GBC）和组织微阵列（tma），以促进科学界的转化癌症研究。具体来说，他们为数据库设计、实现和数据库管理提供支持和生物信息学工具。IMS还提供广泛的信息技术和生物医学计算支持，以协调和跟踪这些癌症组织标本资源的使用。他们还协助协调与这些资源的活动有关的任务和会议。他们使用Plone为CHTN、GBC和评估癌症特征的专门战略合作伙伴计划（SPECS）项目和临床癌症测试评估计划（PACCT）创建并维护安全的基于web的中央门户。这些网站便于组织文档、联系人列表、日历、任务列表和电子邮件目录。数据管理系统还为开发计划署发起的特别项目提供数据管理支助，包括为正在进行的科学项目提供高度专业化的统计数据处理。

This contract provides funds for the Information Management Services Inc. (IMS) to support multiple data management tasks that support Cancer Diagnosis Program (CDP) activities. The contractor provides support for various activities related to cancer specimen resources created by the CDP such as Cooperative Human Tissue Network (CHTN), Group Banking Committee (GBC) and tissue microarrays (TMAs) to facilitate translational cancer research in the scientific community. Specifically, they provide support and bioinformatics tools with database design, implementation and database management. IMS also provides extensive information technology and biomedical computing support to coordinate and track usage of these cancer tissue specimen resources. They also help with coordination of tasks, meetings and conferences related to activities of these resources. They create and maintain secure web-based central portals using Plone for the CHTN, GBC, and Specialized Strategic Partnering to Evaluate Cancer Signatures Program (SPECS) projects and the Program for the Assessment of Clinical Cancer Tests (PACCT). These web sites facilitate organization of documents, contact lists, calendars, task lists, and email directories. Data management support for special projects initiated by CDP, including highly specialized statistical data processing for ongoing scientific projects, is also provided by IMS.