Since 1997, EVS has worked with many partners to build shared content and services, so that information can be effectively exchanged, interpreted and analyzed while minimizing overall effort and cost. Much of this content has been created and published using NCI Thesaurus and NCI Metathesaurus, as outlined below and described in more detail in the individual user profiles later, where other shared development efforts are also described.
NCI Thesaurus (NCIt)
NCI Thesaurus (NCIt) is NCI's core reference terminology. Over the last 10 years, it has also been adopted by FDA, CDISC, NCPDP and other partners as a shared standards development and coding environment, allowing participants to compare and harmonize with each other's content while taking advantage of full-text definitions, codes, and other features.
About 40,000 out of the nearly 100,000 current NCIt concepts have terms from both EVS and from one or more of these other sources. The chart below gives the last available detailed breakdown, for June 2010. Note that some partners have used NCI terms rather than tagging their own, so these figures understate the true extent of cross-source sharing.
NCIt concepts with terms from tagged outside sources (11.09d: September 2011)
NCIt concepts with tagged synonyms from each outside source (11.09d: September 2011)
Source |
NCIt Concepts |
|---|---|
BIOCARTA |
Unknown macro: {align} 335 |
BRIDG |
Unknown macro: {align} 1,139 |
CADSR |
Unknown macro: {align} 27 |
CDC |
Unknown macro: {align} 919 |
CDISC |
Unknown macro: {align} 5,633 |
CRCH |
Unknown macro: {align} 424 |
CTCAE |
Unknown macro: {align} 6,368 |
CTRM |
Unknown macro: {align} 4,421 |
DCP |
Unknown macro: {align} 902 |
DICOM |
Unknown macro: {align} 114 |
DTP |
Unknown macro: {align} 697 |
FDA |
Unknown macro: {align} 15,772 |
HL7 |
Unknown macro: {align} 125 |
ICH |
Unknown macro: {align} 215 |
JAX |
Unknown macro: {align} 156 |
KEGG |
Unknown macro: {align} 255 |
NCICB |
Unknown macro: {align} 4 |
NCI-GLOSS |
Unknown macro: {align} 5,157 |
NCPDP |
Unknown macro: {align} 515 |
NICHD |
Unknown macro: {align} 886 |
PID |
Unknown macro: {align} 169 |
RENI |
Unknown macro: {align} 311 |
SEER |
Unknown macro: {align} 62 |
UCUM |
Unknown macro: {align} 287 |
ZFin |
Unknown macro: {align} 25 |
NCI Metathesaurus (NCIm)
NCI Metathesaurus (NCIm) was started in the late 1990s to gather up, translate between, and publish the many terminologies used by NCI, including some created in part or whole within NCI. Development of NCI Thesaurus started within NCIm as NewPDQ, an effort to extend and restructure the PDQ Terminology long used to code cancer clinical trial, research and public information resources. NCIm continues to provide a vital environment for EVS collaboration with NCI and other partners to develop, map and publish terminologies of shared interest, and responds to the requirements of a broad range of stakeholders within the cancer research and biomedical community.
[details on NCIm collaborations and concept/term statistics pending]
NCIm sources and the number of concepts to which each contributes (201105: May 2011)
Number of concepts |
Source Label |
Source Name |
|---|---|---|
15870 |
AOD |
Alcohol and Other Drug Thesaurus, 2000 |
278 |
AOT |
Authorized Osteopathic Thesaurus, 2003 |
334 |
BioC |
BioCarta online maps of molecular pathways, adapted for NCI use, 1105E |
1139 |
BRIDG |
Biomedical Research Integrated Domain Group Model, 1105E |
13255 |
CBO |
Clinical Bioinformatics Ontology, 2011_02 |
1104 |
CCS |
Clinical Classifications Software, 2005 |
921 |
CDC |
U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, 1105E |
5636 |
CDISC |
Clinical Data Interchange Standards Consortium, 1105E |
0 |
COH |
City of Hope, 1105E |
3073 |
COSTAR |
COSTAR, 1989-1995 |
406 |
CRCH |
Cancer Research Center of Hawaii Nutrition Terminology, 1105E |
16572 |
CSP |
CRISP Thesaurus, 2006 |
3836 |
CST |
COSTART, 1995 |
6368 |
CTCAE |
Common Terminology Criteria for Adverse Events, 1105E |
345 |
CTEP |
Cancer Therapy Evaluation Program, 2004 |
903 |
DCP |
NCI Division of Cancer Prevention Program, 1105E |
114 |
DICOM |
Digital Imaging Communications in Medicine, 1105E |
693 |
DTP |
NCI Developmental Therapeutics Program, 1105E |
7278 |
DXP |
DXplain, 1994 |
15471 |
FDA |
U.S. Food and Drug Administration, 1105E |
77923 |
FMA |
Foundational Model of Anatomy Ontology, 2_0 |
54439 |
GO |
Gene Ontology, 2010_04_01 |
5602 |
HCPCS |
Healthcare Common Procedure Coding System, 2010 |
7483 |
HL7V3.0 |
HL7 Vocabulary Version 3.0, 2006_05 |
29335 |
HUGO |
HUGO Gene Nomenclature, 2010_05 |
11532 |
ICD10 |
ICD10, 1998 |
1004 |
ICD10AE |
ICD10, American English Equivalents, 1998 |
97631 |
ICD10CM |
International Classification of Diseases, 10th Edition, Clinical Modification, 2010_03 |
181116 |
ICD10PCS |
ICD-10-PCS, 2009 |
20779 |
ICD9CM |
International Classification of Diseases, Ninth Revision, Clinical Modification, 2011 |
2466 |
ICDO |
International Classification of Diseases for Oncology, 3rd Edition, 2000 |
215 |
ICH |
International Conference on Harmonization, 1105E |
748 |
ICPC |
International Classification of Primary Care, 1993 |
37923 |
ICPC2ICD10ENG |
ICPC2 - ICD10 Thesaurus, 200412 |
156 |
JAX |
Jackson Laboratories Mouse Terminology, adapted for NCI use, 1105E |
244 |
KEGG |
KEGG Pathway Database, 1105E |
80206 |
LNC |
Logical Observation Identifier Names and Codes, 232 |
41 |
MCM |
McMaster University Epidemiology Terms, 1992 |
331 |
MDBCAC |
Mitelman Database of Chromosome Aberrations in Cancer, 2005_12 |
47210 |
MDR |
Medical Dictionary for Regulatory Activities Terminology, 14.0 |
1897 |
MEDLINEPLUS |
MedlinePlus Health Topics, 20080614 |
900 |
MGED |
MGED Ontology, 131 |
310485 |
MSH |
Medical Subject Headings, 2011_2010_08_30 |
85138 |
MTH |
UMLS Metathesaurus, 2010AB |
19880 |
MTHFDA |
Metathesaurus FDA National Drug Code Directory, 2010_08_02 |
337 |
MTHHH |
Metathesaurus HCPCS Hierarchical Terms, 2010 |
16081 |
MTHICD9 |
International Classification of Diseases, Ninth Revision, Clinical Modification, Metathesaurus additional entry terms, 2011 |
94 |
MTHICPC2ICD107B |
ICPC2 - ICD10 Thesaurus, 7-bit Equivalents, 0412 |
76 |
MTHICPC2ICD10AE |
ICPC2 - ICD10 Thesaurus, American English Equivalents, 0412 |
1633 |
MTHMST |
Metathesaurus Version of Minimal Standard Terminology Digestive Endoscopy, 2001 |
12969 |
MTHSPL |
Metathesaurus FDA Structured Product Labels, 2010_08_27 |
478187 |
NCBI |
NCBI Taxonomy, 2010_04_29 |
85314 |
NCI |
National Cancer Institute Thesaurus, 2011_05E |
5084 |
NCI-GLOSS |
NCI Dictionary of Cancer Terms, 1105E |
125 |
NCI-HL7 |
NCI Health Level 7, 1105E |
135 |
NCIMTH |
NCI Metathesaurus |
0 |
NCISEER |
NCI SEER ICD Neoplasm Code Mappings, 1999 |
514 |
NCPDP |
National Council for Prescription Drug Programs, 1105E |
38863 |
NDFRT |
National Drug File, 2010_09_07 |
715 |
NICHD |
National Institute of Child Health and Human Development, 1105E |
1781 |
NPO |
NPO: NanoParticle Ontology for Cancer Nanotechnology Research, 2010_10_31 |
63924 |
OMIM |
Online Mendelian Inheritance in Man, 2010_04_08 |
9869 |
PDQ |
Physician Data Query, 2010_08_06 |
169 |
PID |
National Cancer Institute Nature Pathway Interaction Database, 1105E |
2041 |
PMA |
Portfolio Management Application, 2010 |
268 |
PNDS |
Perioperative Nursing Data Set, 2nd edition, 2002 |
940 |
QMR |
Quick Medical Reference (QMR), 1996 |
30033 |
RADLEX |
RadLex, 3_33 |
310 |
RENI |
Registry Nomenclature Information System, 1105E |
227498 |
RXNORM |
RxNorm Vocabulary, 10AA_100907F |
281843 |
SNOMEDCT |
SNOMED Clinical Terms |
4808 |
SPN |
Standard Product Nomenclature, 2003 |
156 |
SRC |
Metathesaurus Source Terminology Names |
287 |
UCUM |
Unified Code for Units of Measure, 1105E |
13788 |
UMD |
UMDNS: product category thesaurus, 2010 |
1765 |
USPMG |
USP Model Guidelines, 2004 |
61191 |
UWDA |
University of Washington Digital Anatomist, 1.7.3 |
26546 |
VANDF |
Veterans Health Administration National Drug File, 2010_07_26 |
25 |
ZFIN |
Zebrafish Model Organism Database, 1105E |
