The International Cancer Genome Consortium's evolving data-protection policies

Nature Biotechnology

Volumn 32, Issue 6, 2014, Pages 519-523

  Milius, Djims ^a   Dove, Edward S ^a   Chalmers, Donald ^b   Dyke, Stephanie O M ^c   Kato, Kazuto ^d   Nicolás, Pilar ^e   Ouellette, B F Francis ^f,g   Ozenberger, Brad ^h   Rodriguez, Laura L ^h   Zeps, Nikolajs ⁱ   Joly, Yann ^a  

^a MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TASMANIA   (Australia)

^c WELLCOME TRUST SANGER INSTITUTE   (United Kingdom)

^d OSAKA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^e UNIVERSITY OF DEUSTO   (Spain)

^f ONTARIO INSTITUTE FOR CANCER RESEARCH   (Canada)

^g UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^h NATIONAL HUMAN GENOME RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

ⁱ UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANXIETY; ASIA; AUSTRALIA; CONFIDENTIALITY; DATA BASE; DNA METHYLATION; DNA SEQUENCE; EUROPE; FOLLOW UP; GENOME; HEALTH CARE MANAGEMENT; HUMAN; INFORMATION PROCESSING; LETTER; MALIGNANT NEOPLASTIC DISEASE; MEDICAL RESEARCH; NORTH AMERICA; PHENOTYPE; POLICY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PRIVACY; PROTECTION; REGULATORY MECHANISM; SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE POLYMORPHISM; SOCIAL DISCRIMINATION; STANDARDIZATION; STIGMA; STRESS; SURVIVAL TIME; Y CHROMOSOME;

COMPUTER SECURITY; FORECASTING; GENETIC PRIVACY; GENETICS; GENETICS, MEDICAL; GENOMICS; INTERNATIONAL AGENCIES; MEDICAL ONCOLOGY; ORGANIZATIONAL POLICY; SOCIETIES;

EID: 84902208232     PISSN: 10870156     EISSN: 15461696     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/nbt.2926     Document Type: Letter

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