Identifications of Similarity Metrics for Patients With Cancer: Protocol for a Scoping Review

Iryna Manuilova   ^{1, 2} , MS ;   Jan Bossenz   ¹ ;   Annemarie Bianka Weise   ¹ ;   Dominik Boehm   ^{3, 4} , MS ;   Cosima Strantz   ⁵ , MS ;   Philipp Unberath   ^{3, 6} , Prof Dr ;   Niklas Reimer   ^{7, 8, 9} , MS ;   Patrick Metzger   ^{10, 11} , Dr rer nat ;   Thomas Pauli   ¹⁰ , Dr rer nat ;   Silke D Werle   ¹² , Dr rer nat ;   Susann Schulze   ¹³ , Dr med ;   Sonja Hiemer   ¹³ , Dr med ;   Arsenij Ustjanzew   ¹⁴ , MS ;   Hans A Kestler   ¹² , Prof Dr ;   Hauke Busch   ^{7, 8} , Prof Dr ;   Benedikt Brors   ^{15, 16, 17, 18} , Prof Dr ;   Jan Christoph   ^{1, 2, 5} , Jr Prof Dr

¹ Junior Research Group (Bio-) Medical Data Science, Faculty of Medicine, Martin Luther University Halle-Wittenberg, Halle (Saale), Germany

² Data Integration Centre, University Hospital Halle (Saale), Halle (Saale), Germany

³ Medical Center for Information and Communication Technology, Universitätsklinikum Erlangen, Friedrich-Alexander-Universität Erlangen-Nürnberg, Erlangen, Germany

⁴ Bavarian Cancer Research Center (Bayerisches Zentrum für Krebsforschung), Erlangen, Germany

⁵ Medical Informatics, Institute for Medical Informatics, Biometrics and Epidemiology, Friedrich-Alexander-Universität Erlangen-Nürnberg, Erlangen, Germany

⁶ SRH Fürth University of Applied Sciences, Fürth, Germany

⁷ Medical Systems Biology Group, Lübeck Institute of Experimental Dermatology, University of Lübeck, Lübeck, Germany

⁸ University Cancer Center Schleswig-Holstein, University Hospital Schleswig-Holstein, Lübeck, Germany

⁹ Medical Data Integration Center, University Hospital Schleswig-Holstein, Lübeck, Germany

¹⁰ Institute of Medical Bioinformatics and Systems Medicine, Medical Center, Faculty of Medicine, University of Freiburg, Freiburg, Germany

¹¹ Clinical Trial Office, German Cancer Research Center (DKFZ) Heidelberg, Heidelberg, Germany

¹² Institute of Medical Systems Biology, Ulm University, Ulm, Germany

¹³ Krukenberg Cancer Center Halle (Saale), Halle (Saale), Germany

¹⁴ Institute of Medical Biostatistics, Epidemiology and Informatics (IMBEI), University Medical Center of the Johannes Gutenberg-University Mainz, Mainz, Germany

¹⁵ Division of Applied Bioinformatics, German Cancer Research Center (DKFZ), Heidelberg, Germany

¹⁶ German Cancer Consortium, Heidelberg, Germany

¹⁷ National Center for Tumor Diseases (NCT), Heidelberg, Germany

¹⁸ Medical Faculty Heidelberg and Faculty of Biosciences, Heidelberg University, Heidelberg, Germany