Table 2.
Defining the PhenX Toolkita
| What the PhenX Toolkit Is | What the PhenX Toolkit Is Not |
| A catalog of recommended measures for inclusion in new studies or when expanding existing studies A database that allows researchers to browse, search, and select measures Cross-referenced to Cancer Biomedical Informatics Grid common data elements Freely available to the scientific community |
Not a new set of standards Not a new ontology of phenotypes Not a data repository Not a biobank Not restrictive Not a proprietary resource |
Abbreviation: PhenX, consensus measures for Phenotypes and eXposures.
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Developed by RTI International (Research Triangle Park, North Carolina) and the National Human Genome Research Institute (Bethesda, Maryland).