Copyright © 2011 Massachusetts Medical Society. A new generation of genomic technologies permits the increased collection of data on large study populations.1,2 New methods in informatics facilitate the integration of diverse types of information with genomic data in disease research. As a result, researchers are learning more about the genetic bases of disease and response to drugs.3-6 Genetic...

For a definition of standardization in the area of Health Informatics, ISO/TC215 (Health Informatics), the most pivotal and influential health-informatics international standard organization, elucidates its scope as follows: standardization in the field of health informatics, to facilitate the coherent and consistent interchange and use of health-related data, information, and knowledge to supp...

University of Nebraska Medical Center, Omaha, NE Corresponding author: Peter P. Yu, MD, Palo Alto Medical Foundation, 795 El Camino Real, SV 301, Palo Alto, CA 94301; e-mail: [email protected] Welcome to the inaugural issue of Journal of Global Oncology (JGO), ASCO’s new online-only, open-access journal dedicated to publishing the highest quality information concerning oncology research and care de...