CancerDB: Key data about cancer in one table.

CancerDB is a public domain database and website containing structured data on key concepts on cancer integrated into one model.

Someone's new treatment could by just 2 insights away from being the next great cure. CancerDB can help them figure out what those 2 missing insights are.

For cancer patients and their loved ones, we want to provide you with the absolute best data on cancer. We will deliver that information to you quickly, freely, and you will be able to trust it 100%.

This repo contains the entire database and website for https://cancerdb.com.

To analyze the data

The CancerDB database is freely available:

• As CSV: https://cancerdb.com/cancerdb.csv
• As JSON: https://cancerdb.com/cancerdb.json Documentation for the CSV is available here: https://cancerdb.com/download.html.

To add a new concept

Advanced method: Create a new file in concepts with a unique URL friendly filename ending in .scroll and send a pull request.

To update a concept

Advanced method: Edit the corresponding concepts/*.scroll file and send a pull request.

To add a new measure

Advanced method: Add your measure to code/measures.scroll and add at least 1 example to a concept in concepts and send a pull request.

To run the site locally

code git clone https://github.com/breck7/CancerDB cd CancerDB npm install . npm run build

To explore this repo

The most important folder is concepts, which contains a file for each concept. The folder measures contains the grammar files (schema) for the ScrollSet.

To cite CancerDB

CancerDB content is published to the public domain and you can use it freely. If needed, here are 3 options for citing CancerDB: code https://cancerdb.com code CancerDB team. (2022) - "CancerDB: A public domain database and website containing structured data on key concepts in cancer integrated into one model". Retrieved from: 'https://cancerdb.com' [Online Resource] code @article{cancerdb, author = {CancerDB team}, title = {CancerDB: A public domain database and website containing structured data on key concepts in cancer integrated into one model.}, journal = {CancerDB}, year = {2022}, note = {https://cancerdb.com} }

All sources for CancerDB can be found here: https://cancerdb.com/pages/acknowledgements.html