Physician Data Query (PDQ) is the US

National Cancer Institute The National Cancer Institute (NCI) coordinates the United States National Cancer Program and is part of the National Institutes of Health (NIH), which is one of eleven agencies that are part of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services. T ...

's (NCI) comprehensive

cancer Cancer is a group of diseases involving abnormal cell growth with the potential to invade or spread to other parts of the body. These contrast with benign tumors, which do not spread. Possible signs and symptoms include a lump, abnormal bl ...

database. It contains peer-reviewed summaries on

cancer treatment Cancer can be treated by surgery, chemotherapy, radiation therapy, hormonal therapy, targeted therapy (including immunotherapy such as monoclonal antibody therapy) and synthetic lethality, most commonly as a series of separate treatments (e.g. ...

, screening, prevention,

genetics Genetics is the study of genes, genetic variation, and heredity in organisms.Hartl D, Jones E (2005) It is an important branch in biology because heredity is vital to organisms' evolution. Gregor Mendel, a Moravian Augustinian friar worki ...

, and supportive care, and complementary and alternative medicine; a registry of more than 6,000 open and 17,000 closed cancer

clinical trial Clinical trials are prospective biomedical or behavioral research studies on human subject research, human participants designed to answer specific questions about biomedical or behavioral interventions, including new treatments (such as novel v ...

s from around the world; and a directory of professionals who provide genetics services. PDQ makes available two data resources. Th
PDQ NCI Cancer Terms Database
is a resource of cancer-related terms, curated by a multidisciplinary panel of reviewers, that is released monthly. Th
NCI Drug Dictionary
is a structured list of technical definitions and synonyms for drugs/agents used to treat patients with cancer or conditions related to cancer. The NCI also makes a browse-able version of the Cancer Terms database available as part of th
NCI Terminology Browser

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External links

Physician Data Query website
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