MOLECULAR PROFILING OF TUMORS

1 - 29 . (canceled)

30 . A method for conducting molecular profiling, the method comprising the steps of:

storing a set of applications, wherein each of the set of applications uses a specific subset of data to generate output data;

for each of a plurality of patients that have cancerous cells and that will receive cancer treatment:

(a) obtaining clinical data, wherein the clinical data includes cancer state information, and any prior treatment regimens and/or treatment efficacy information;

(b) storing the clinical data in a first database;

(c) for each patient, using at least one laboratory assay to generate molecular profiling data for the cancerous cells;

(d) storing the molecular profiling data in the first database;

(e) organizing at least a subset of data in the first database to generate structured data including the clinical data and the molecular profiling data, wherein the structured data is configured for searching;

(f) storing the structured data in a second database;

(g) for each application:

(i) selecting the application specific subset of data from the second database; and

(ii) storing, in a third database, the application specific subset of data in a structure configured for accessing by the application.

31 . The method of claim 30 , wherein at least some of the clinical data are stored as ungrouped data elements in the first database.

32 . The method of claim 30 , wherein the third database includes a subset of data from the second database and/or data derived from the second database.

33 . The method of claim 30 , wherein the second database includes at least a portion of the molecular profiling data.

34 . The method of claim 30 , further comprising presenting a user interface to a user, wherein the user interface includes data that indicates one or more possible agents to treat a patient based on the molecular profiling data.

35 . The method of claim 30 , wherein the assay comprises a nucleic acid assay.

36 . The method of claim 35 , wherein the nucleic acid assay performs sequencing and/or expression analysis of nucleic acids.

37 . The method of claim 36 , wherein the nucleic acids comprise DNA and/or RNA.

38 . The method of claim 36 , wherein the sequencing detects one or more single nucleotide polymorphism (SNPs).

39 . The method of claim 36 , wherein the nucleic acids include one or more of AR, EGFR, ERBB2 (HER2), KIT, MLI1, PTEN, and PDGFRA.

40 . The method of claim 30 , further comprising selecting a therapy for one or more of the patients based on the molecular profiling data.

41 . The method of claim 30 , wherein the molecular profiling data is determined by assessing a cell, a tissue sample, a blood sample or a combination thereof.

42 . The method of claim 30 , wherein the cancerous cells are from a tumor or biological fluid.

43 . The method of claim 30 , wherein the cancerous cells are from a tumor biopsy.

44 . The method of claim 30 , wherein the laboratory assay is further used to generate molecular profiling data for the patient's normal cells.

45 . The method of claim 36 , wherein the nucleic acids comprise one or more of ABCC1 (MRP1), ABCG2 (BCRP), ACE2, ADA, ADH1C, ADH4, AGT, AR, AREG, ASNS, BCL2, BDCA1 (CD1C), BIRC5 (Survivin), BRAF (B-RAF), BRCA1, BRCA2, CA2, caveolin, CD33, CD52 (CDW52), CDA, CDK2, CES2, CK 14 (KRT14), CK 17 (KRT17), CK 5/6 (KRT5/KRT6), Cyclin D1 (CCND1), DCK, DHFR, DNMT1, DNMT3A, DNMT3B, E-Cadherin (CDH1), ECGF1 (TYMP), EGFR, EPHA2, ERBB2 (Her2/Neu), ERCC1, ERCC3, EREG (Epiregulin), ESR1, FLT1, FOLR1, FOLR2, FSHB, FSHPRH1 (CENPI), FSHR, FYN, GART, GNRH1, GNRHR1 (GNHR1), GSTP1, HCK, HDAC1, HGF, HIF1A, HIG1 (HIGD1A), HSP90AA1 (HSP90, HSPCA), IL13RA1, IL2RA (CD25), KDR, KIT (c-Kit), KRAS, LCK, LTB, Lymphotoxin Beta Receptor (LTBR), LYN, MGMT, MLH1, MS4A1 (CD20), MSH2, MYC (c-Myc), NFKB1, NFKB2, NFKBIA, ODC1 (SLC6A4), OGFR, TP53 (p53), p95 (NBN), PARP-1 (PARP1), PDGFC, PDGFRA, PDGFRB (PDGFR), PGP, PGR, PI3K (PIK3CA), POLA1 (POLA), PPARG, PPARGC1 (PPARGC1A/PPARGC1B), PTEN, PTGS2 (COX-2), RAF1, RARA, RRM1, RRM2, RRM12B, RXRB, RXRG, SPARC, SRC, SSTR1, SSTR2, SSTR3, SSTR4, SSTR5, TK1, TLE3, TNF, TOP1, TOP2A, TOP2B, TXN, TXNRD1, TYMS (TS), VDR, VEGFA (VEGF), VEGFC, VHL, YES1, and ZAP70.

46 . The method of claim 30 , wherein the cancerous cells are from formalin-fixed paraffin-embedded (FFPE) tissue, fresh frozen (FF) tissue, or tissue comprised in a solution that preserves nucleic acid or protein molecules.

47 . The method of claim 30 , wherein the at least one laboratory assay is configured to perform at least one of real-time PCR, nucleic acid sequencing, immunohistochemistry (IHC), an expression microarray analysis, a comparative genomic hybridization (CGH) microarray analysis, a single nucleotide polymorphism (SNP) microarray analysis, fluorescent in-situ hybridization (FISH), in-situ hybridization (ISH), and a proteomic array analysis.

48 . The method of claim 30 , wherein the at least one laboratory assay is configured to perform at least one of polymerase chain reaction (PCR), pyrosequencing, NextGen sequencing, methylation specific PCR (MSPCR), restriction fragment length polymorphism (RFLP) analysis, and an immunoassay.

49 . The method of claim 30 , wherein the at least one laboratory assay is configured to perform at least one of gene expression analysis, nucleic acid sequence analysis, nucleic acid methylation analysis, and proteomic analysis.

50 . The method of claim 30 , wherein the at least one laboratory assay is configured to identify at least one of a nucleic acid mutation, polymorphism, deletion, insertion, substitution, translocation, fusion, break, duplication, amplification, repeat, or microsatellite repeat.

51 . A system for conducting molecular profiling, the system comprising:

a host server;

a user interface for accessing the host server to access and input data;

a processor for processing the inputted data;

a first database, a second database, and a third database; and

a memory coupled to the processor for storing the processed data and instructions for:

storing a set of applications, wherein each of the set of applications uses a specific subset of data to generate output data;

for each of a plurality of patients that have cancerous cells and that will receive cancer treatment:

(a) obtaining clinical data, wherein the clinical data includes cancer state information, and any prior treatment regimens and/or treatment efficacy information;

(b) storing the clinical data in the first database;

(c) for each patient, using at least one laboratory assay to generate molecular profiling data for the cancerous cells;

(d) storing the molecular profiling data in the first database;

(e) organizing at least a subset of data in the first database to generate structured data including the clinical data and the molecular profiling data, wherein the structured data is configured for searching;

(f) storing the structured data in the second database;

(g) for each application:

(i) selecting the application specific subset of data from the second database; and

(ii) storing, in the third database, the application specific subset of data in a structure configured for accessing by the application.

52 . A computer readable medium storing instructions that, when executed by a computer system, cause the computer system to perform:

storing a set of applications, wherein each of the set of applications uses a specific subset of data to generate output data;

for each of a plurality of patients that have cancerous cells and that will receive cancer treatment:

(a) obtaining clinical data, wherein the clinical data includes cancer state information, and any prior treatment regimens and/or treatment efficacy information;

(b) storing the clinical data in a first database;

(c) for each patient, using at least one laboratory assay to generate molecular profiling data for the cancerous cells;

(d) storing the molecular profiling data in the first database;

(e) organizing at least a subset of data in the first database to generate structured data including the clinical data and the molecular profiling data, wherein the structured data is configured for searching;

(f) storing the structured data in a second database;

(g) for each application:

(i) selecting the application specific subset of data from the second database; and

(ii) storing, in a third database, the application specific subset of data in a structure configured for accessing by the application.