Data standards in pediatric oncology: Past, present, and future

Kirk D Wyatt; David H Noyd; Nicole M Wood; Charles A Phillips; Tamara P Miller; Elyssa M Rubin; Lena E Winestone; Angela J Waanders; John P Perentesis; Richard Aplenc

doi:10.1002/pbc.30128

Data standards in pediatric oncology: Past, present, and future

Pediatr Blood Cancer. 2023 Feb;70(2):e30128. doi: 10.1002/pbc.30128. Epub 2022 Dec 10.

Authors

Kirk D Wyatt¹, David H Noyd², Nicole M Wood^{3

4}, Charles A Phillips^{5

6

7}, Tamara P Miller^{8

9}, Elyssa M Rubin¹⁰, Lena E Winestone¹¹, Angela J Waanders^{12

13}, John P Perentesis^{14

15}, Richard Aplenc⁵

Affiliations

¹ Division of Pediatric Hematology/Oncology, Roger Maris Cancer Center, Sanford Health, Fargo, North Dakota, USA.
² Department of Pediatrics, University of Oklahoma Health Sciences Center, Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, USA.
³ Department of Hematology/Oncology, Children's Mercy Kansas City, Kansas City, Missouri, USA.
⁴ Department of Health Informatics & Technology, Children's Mercy Kansas City, Kansas City, Missouri, USA.
⁵ Division of Oncology, Children's Hospital of Philadelphia, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA.
⁶ Department of Pediatrics, Perelman School of Medicine at the University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA.
⁷ Department of Biomedical and Health Informatics, Children's Hospital of Philadelphia, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA.
⁸ Aflac Cancer & Blood Disorders Center, Children's Healthcare of Atlanta, Atlanta, Georgia, USA.
⁹ Department of Pediatrics, Emory University, Atlanta, Georgia, USA.
¹⁰ Hundai Cancer Institute, Children's Hospital of Orange County, Orange, California, USA.
¹¹ Division of Allergy, Immunology and BMT, Department of Pediatrics, University of California San Francisco Benioff Children's Hospitals, San Francisco, California, USA.
¹² Division of Hematology, Oncology, Neurooncology and Stem Cell Transplant, Ann & Robert H Lurie Children's Hospital of Chicago, Chicago, Illinois, USA.
¹³ Department of Pediatrics, Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine, Chicago, Illinois, USA.
¹⁴ Cancer & Blood Diseases Institute, Cincinnati Children's Hospital, Cincinnati, Ohio, USA.
¹⁵ Department of Pediatrics, University of Cincinnati College of Medicine, Cincinnati, Ohio, USA.

PMID: 36495256
DOI: 10.1002/pbc.30128

Abstract

In this commentary, we highlight the central role that data standards play in facilitating data-driven efforts to advance research in pediatric oncology. We discuss the current state of data standards for pediatric oncology and propose five steps to achieve an improved future state with benefits for clinicians, researchers, and patients.

Keywords: clinical informatics; pediatric oncology.

MeSH terms

Child
Forecasting
Humans
Medical Oncology
Neoplasms* / therapy
Oncology Nursing
Patients