MedMiner

The gene synonym search terms are used to search the list of gene synonyms. A radio button list of genes is shown on a new web page. From there, two particular genes are chosen and the synonyms are shown on a new web page. Any number of gene/disorder synonyms can be chosen and new terms can be entered in a text entry box. The PubMed search is conducted using a Boolean expression based on the synonyms chosen.

The drug synonym search term is used to search a list of DTP/NCI drug synonyms. A radio button list of drugs is shown on a new web page. From there, one particular drug is chosen from the list and these synonyms are shown on a new web page. Any number of drug synonyms can be chosen and new terms can be entered in a text entry box. The PubMed search is conducted using a Boolean expression based on the synonyms chosen.

At the top of the page, a link is provided to download all the abstracts. A listing of relevant abstracts and sentences follows with a link to each single complete abstract. Currently, relevance is determined by empirical means, related to cancer. At the end of the page, a summary is shown which shows the number of relevant abstracts and sentences extracted.

The default gene set is the list of Human OncoChip Genes represented in the NCI/DCS Human OncoGene set.

"MedMiner: an Internet Text-Mining Tool for Biomedical Information, with Application to Gene Expression Profiling," L. Tanabe, U. Scherf, L. H. Smith, J. K. Lee, L. Hunter and J. N. Weinstein, BioTechniques 27(6), December 1999.