(1) Cancer Control Research Program, BC Cancer Agency, 600 West 10th Avenue, Vancouver BC, V5Z 4E6, Canada;(2) Genome Sciences Centre, BC Cancer Agency, 600 West 10th Avenue, Vancouver BC, V5Z 4E6, Canada
Abstract:
Background
Online Mendelian Inheritance in Man (OMIM) is a computerized database of information about genes and heritable traits in human
populations, based on information reported in the scientific literature. Our objective was to establish an automated text-mining
system for OMIM that will identify genetically-related cancers and cancer-related genes. We developed the computer program
CGMIM to search for entries in OMIM that are related to one or more cancer types. We performed manual searches of OMIM to
verify the program results.