THE CASE OF INCA´S NATIONAL TUMOR BANK MANAGEMENT SYSTEM IN BRAZIL

Information Technologies can provide the basis for new directions in cancer research, supplying tools that identify subtle but important signs from the analysis of clinical, behavioral, environmental and genetic data. The purpose of this paper is to describe and analyze the system developed for managing Banco Nacional de Tumores (SISBNT) - National Tumor Bank System - highlighting its role in the technological innovation of Instituto Nacional do Câncer (INCA) - Brazilian National Cancer Institute. It is a qualitative empirical theoretical paper, descriptive and exploratory in nature, based on...