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CancerDB
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CancerDB

CancerDB: a computable encyclopedia about cancer.

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What it is

CancerDB: a computable encyclopedia about cancer.

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Where it is used

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What people are saying

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This week on Hacker News

Nov 7–Nov 14 UTC · Direct repository links and separately labeled related project stories. Indexed through 11/14/2026, 5:04:57 PM UTC.

No direct repository links were found in the indexed HN discussions over the past seven days. Older discussions are available below.

Mentions over time

HN mentions by day2 dated mentions

Observed mentions: 2022-09-05 06:34:17 UTC to 2022-10-03 19:32:36 UTC.

012022-09-05 00:00:00 UTC to 2022-09-06 00:00:00 UTC (exclusive): 1 mentions; 1 submissions, 0 commentsSep 52022-09-06 00:00:00 UTC to 2022-09-07 00:00:00 UTC (exclusive): 0 mentions; 0 submissions, 0 comments2022-09-07 00:00:00 UTC to 2022-09-08 00:00:00 UTC (exclusive): 0 mentions; 0 submissions, 0 comments2022-09-08 00:00:00 UTC to 2022-09-09 00:00:00 UTC (exclusive): 0 mentions; 0 submissions, 0 comments2022-09-09 00:00:00 UTC to 2022-09-10 00:00:00 UTC (exclusive): 0 mentions; 0 submissions, 0 comments2022-09-10 00:00:00 UTC to 2022-09-11 00:00:00 UTC (exclusive): 0 mentions; 0 submissions, 0 comments2022-09-11 00:00:00 UTC to 2022-09-12 00:00:00 UTC (exclusive): 0 mentions; 0 submissions, 0 comments2022-09-12 00:00:00 UTC to 2022-09-13 00:00:00 UTC (exclusive): 0 mentions; 0 submissions, 0 comments2022-09-13 00:00:00 UTC to 2022-09-14 00:00:00 UTC (exclusive): 0 mentions; 0 submissions, 0 comments2022-09-14 00:00:00 UTC to 2022-09-15 00:00:00 UTC (exclusive): 0 mentions; 0 submissions, 0 comments2022-09-15 00:00:00 UTC to 2022-09-16 00:00:00 UTC (exclusive): 0 mentions; 0 submissions, 0 comments2022-09-16 00:00:00 UTC to 2022-09-17 00:00:00 UTC (exclusive): 0 mentions; 0 submissions, 0 comments2022-09-17 00:00:00 UTC to 2022-09-18 00:00:00 UTC (exclusive): 0 mentions; 0 submissions, 0 comments2022-09-18 00:00:00 UTC to 2022-09-19 00:00:00 UTC (exclusive): 0 mentions; 0 submissions, 0 comments2022-09-19 00:00:00 UTC to 2022-09-20 00:00:00 UTC (exclusive): 0 mentions; 0 submissions, 0 commentsSep 192022-09-20 00:00:00 UTC to 2022-09-21 00:00:00 UTC (exclusive): 0 mentions; 0 submissions, 0 comments2022-09-21 00:00:00 UTC to 2022-09-22 00:00:00 UTC (exclusive): 0 mentions; 0 submissions, 0 comments2022-09-22 00:00:00 UTC to 2022-09-23 00:00:00 UTC (exclusive): 0 mentions; 0 submissions, 0 comments2022-09-23 00:00:00 UTC to 2022-09-24 00:00:00 UTC (exclusive): 0 mentions; 0 submissions, 0 comments2022-09-24 00:00:00 UTC to 2022-09-25 00:00:00 UTC (exclusive): 0 mentions; 0 submissions, 0 comments2022-09-25 00:00:00 UTC to 2022-09-26 00:00:00 UTC (exclusive): 0 mentions; 0 submissions, 0 comments2022-09-26 00:00:00 UTC to 2022-09-27 00:00:00 UTC (exclusive): 0 mentions; 0 submissions, 0 comments2022-09-27 00:00:00 UTC to 2022-09-28 00:00:00 UTC (exclusive): 0 mentions; 0 submissions, 0 comments2022-09-28 00:00:00 UTC to 2022-09-29 00:00:00 UTC (exclusive): 0 mentions; 0 submissions, 0 comments2022-09-29 00:00:00 UTC to 2022-09-30 00:00:00 UTC (exclusive): 0 mentions; 0 submissions, 0 comments2022-09-30 00:00:00 UTC to 2022-10-01 00:00:00 UTC (exclusive): 0 mentions; 0 submissions, 0 comments2022-10-01 00:00:00 UTC to 2022-10-02 00:00:00 UTC (exclusive): 0 mentions; 0 submissions, 0 comments2022-10-02 00:00:00 UTC to 2022-10-03 00:00:00 UTC (exclusive): 0 mentions; 0 submissions, 0 comments2022-10-03 00:00:00 UTC to 2022-10-04 00:00:00 UTC (exclusive): 1 mentions; 0 submissions, 1 commentsOct 3

Counts come from the repository’s dated source evidence. Index cutoff: 2026-11-02 08:16:59 UTC.

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Sep 52022-09-05 00:00:00 UTC2022-09-06 00:00:00 UTC110
Sep 62022-09-06 00:00:00 UTC2022-09-07 00:00:00 UTC000
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Sep 222022-09-22 00:00:00 UTC2022-09-23 00:00:00 UTC000
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Sep 272022-09-27 00:00:00 UTC2022-09-28 00:00:00 UTC000
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Sep 302022-09-30 00:00:00 UTC2022-10-01 00:00:00 UTC000
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Oct 32022-10-03 00:00:00 UTC2022-10-04 00:00:00 UTC101

What Hacker News says

2 sources
breck·Sep 5, 2022Submission

Show HN: CancerDB: A public domain CSV file to help build a cure

Hi HN! I started working in Cancer Research at the University of Hawaii Cancer Center 4.5 years ago in March 2018. If you thought programming and computers were complex, WAIT until you start trying to wrap your head around cancer. We're talking Orders of Magnitude more complexity. I know it might seem outrageous that a lowly CSV file will help in the quest to build a cure, but I truly believe it might. I think what seems like miracles always comes down to grunt data collection, with a few moments of key insights. Anyway, the site will launch November 1st. Please give it a star and a share (and/or even a pull request!) between now and then. Thank you to everyone for your help. Thank you in particular to the fine folks at the University of Hawai'i Cancer Center! I am there right now at my desk. Thanks especially to John Shepherd (https://sh
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epherdresearchlab.org/about/our-team/john-shepherd...) who let me keep my desk here and books here and keycard access even though I stopped working here years ago! Thank you for not letting them "Fix the Glitch" (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BUE0PPQI3is). Let's get to work building that CSV file! -Breck
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