An Approach for Semantic Data Integration in Cancer Studies

Abstract

Contemporary development in personalized medicine based both on extended clinical records and implementation of different high-throughput “omics” technologies has generated large amounts of data. To make use of these data, new approaches need to be developed for their search, storage, analysis, integration and processing. In this paper we suggest an approach for integration of data from diverse domains and various information sources enabling extraction of novel knowledge in cancer studies. Its application can contribute to the early detection and diagnosis of cancer as well as to its proper personalized treatment.