Clinical Informatics Approaches to Facilitate Cancer Data Sharing

Cancer Informatics 2023: Data Sharing and Federating Learning Point Towards New Collaborative Opportunities

OBJECTIVE

To summarize significant research contributions on cancer informatics published in 2022.

METHODS

An extensive search using PubMed/MEDLINE was conducted to identify the scientific contributions published in 2022 that address topics in cancer informatics. The selection process comprised three steps: (i) ten candidate best papers were first selected by the two section editors, (ii) external reviewers from internationally renowned research teams reviewed each candidate best paper, and (iii) the final selection of three best papers was conducted by the editorial board of the Yearbook.

RESULTS

The three selected best papers demonstrate advances in federated learning, drug synergy prediction, and utilization of clinical note data.

CONCLUSION

Cancer informatics continues to mature as a subfield of biomedical informatics. Applications of informatics methods to data sharing and federated approaches are especially notable in 2022.

Informatics for One Health

OBJECTIVES

To introduce the 2023 International Medical Informatics Association (IMIA) Yearbook by the editors.

METHODS

The editorial provides an introduction and overview to the 2023 IMIA Yearbook where the special topic is "Informatics for One Health". The special topic, survey papers and some best papers are discussed. The section changes in the Yearbook editorial committee are also described.

RESULTS

IMIA Yearbook 2023 provides many perspectives on a relatively new topic called "One Digital Health". The subject is vast, and includes the use of digital technologies to promote the well-being of people and animals, but also of the environment in which they evolve. Many sections produced new work in the topic including One Health and all sections included the latest themes in many specialties in medical informatics.

CONCLUSIONS

The theme of "Informatics for One Health" is relatively new but the editors of the IMIA Yearbook have presented excellent and thought-provoking work for biomedical informatics in 2023.