Title | PubMed QUEST: the PubMed query search tool. an informatics tool to aid cancer centers and cancer investigators in searching the PubMed databases. |
Publication Type | Journal Article |
Year of Publication | 2006 |
Authors | Hanauer, DA, Chinnaiyan, AM |
Journal | Cancer Inform |
Volume | 2 |
Pagination | 79-82 |
Date Published | 2006 |
ISSN | 1176-9351 |
Abstract | Searching PubMed for citations related to a specific cancer center or group of authors can be labor-intensive. We have created a tool, PubMed QUEST, to aid in the rapid searching of PubMed for publications of interest. It was designed by taking into account the needs of entire cancer centers as well as individual investigators. The experience of using the tool by our institution's cancer center administration and investigators has been favorable and we believe it could easily be adapted to other institutions. Use of the tool has identified limitations of automated searches for publications based on an author's name, especially for common names. These limitations could likely be solved if the PubMed database assigned a unique identifier to each author. |
Alternate Journal | Cancer Inform |
PubMed ID | 19458759 |
PubMed Central ID | PMC2675510 |
Research reported in this publication was supported by the National Cancer Institutes of
Health under Award Number P30CA046592. The content is solely the responsibility
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National Institutes of Health.
Research reported in this publication was supported by the National Cancer Institutes of
Health under Award Number P30CA046592 by the use of the following Cancer Center
Shared Resource(s): Biostatistics, Analytics & Bioinformatics; Flow Cytometry;
Transgenic Animal Models; Tissue and Molecular Pathology; Structure & Drug
Screening; Cell & Tissue Imaging; Experimental Irradiation; Preclinical
Imaging & Computational Analysis; Health Communications; Immune Monitoring;
Pharmacokinetics)
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