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Hey onco-nosology nerds: Is there a cell-typed unambiguous classification system, research, and clinical treatment protocol nexus attempting to capture and disseminate information on all cancer types in a more precise and organized effort?



NCI has the current treatment guidelines for each cancer and is updated when new treatment options become available: https://www.nccn.org/guidelines/category_1

Unfortunately, these are very clinician-focused and are very hard to understand without a medical background. They also don't usually cover experimental treatments that are still in trials, but in some cases can be extremely helpful. I work on an app at Outcomes4Me (https://outcomes4me.com/) that is trying to convert the NCI guidelines into an algorithm so that we can tell patients in simpler terms what their treatment options are based on their specific diagnosis. We also try to find clinical trials recruiting for their specific diagnosis. We've done this for breast and lung cancer so far.


I don't know if this is what you mean, but Foundation Medicine has a biobank of genomic data (HIPAA) with cancer patients' genomic profiles.[1] It's pan-tumor and pan-cancer.

EDIT: if you're looking for more of a "what is the current best known treatment plan for xyz" then this might not be what you're looking for. The standard of care is very much changing very often, I don't know if anyone has a solution for disseminating that. foundation medicine also has a patient-focused side where you can get your own test and get pointed to the treatment for your cancer genomic profile [2]. The societies are probably trying the most to get all of that data available/up-to-date (for example: the American Cancer Society)

[1] https://www.foundationmedicine.com/service/genomic-data-solu...

[2] https://www.foundationmedicine.com/patient/start-with-step-o...


More precise and organised than what?




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