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D. Find all participants having malignant endometrial tumor and malignant ovarian tumor. The malignant ovary should not have Pathological Status as Metastatic.

For this query, add the classes in the Diagrammatic View with conditions on the attribute as shown in the following table:

No Class Attribute Operator Condition
1 Participant Id Is Not Null
2 SpecimenCollectionGroup Id Is Not Null
3 TissueSpecimen Pathological Status In Malignant
4 TissueSpecimen Pathological Status In Malignant
5 TissueSpecimen Pathological Status Not In Metastatic
6 SpecimenCharacteristics Tissue Site In Endometrium
7 SpecimenCharacteristics Tissue Site In Ovary

After adding the classes in the Diagrammatic View, connect the following classes: 1. Participant to SpecimenCollectionGroup. 2. SpecimenCollectionGroup to TissueSpecimen (1 to both). 3. SpecimenCharacteristics (with Tissue Site as Ovary) to TissueSpecimen (with Pathological Status In Malignant and Not In Metastatic). 4. SpecimenCharacteristics (with Tissue Site as Endometrium) to TissueSpecimen (with Pathological Status in Malignant). The following figure shows how the diagram will look like.

Click the Search button. The result will display all participants having malignant endometrial tumor and malignant ovarian tumor (primary, not metastatic).

Figure 144: Diagrammatic representation for case D

E. Find all cases where banked colon tissue and the associated lymph nodes are positive for cancer. For this query, add the classes in the Diagrammatic View with conditions on the attribute as shown in the following table:

No Class Attribute Operator Condition
1 Participant Id Is Not Null
2 SpecimenCollectionGroup Id Is Not Null
3 TissueSpecimen Pathological Status In Malignant
4 TissueSpecimen Pathological Status In Malignant
5 SpecimenCharacteristics Tissue Site In Colon, Nos.
6 SpecimenCharacteristics Tissue Site In Lymph Node, Nos.

After adding the classes in the Diagrammatic View, connect the following classes: 1. Participant to SpecimenCollectionGroup. 2. Tissue Specimen to SpecimenCharacteristics (1 to 1). 3. SpecimenCollectionGroup to TissueSpecimen (1 to both).

The following figure shows how the diagram will look like.

Click the Search button. The result will display all the participants whose banked colon tissue and the associated lymph nodes are cancerous.

Figure 145: Diagrammatic representation for case E

F. Find all male participants having lung cancer for which frozen tumor and matching normal tissues are available. For this query, add the classes in the Diagrammatic View with conditions on the attribute as shown in the following table:

No Class Attribute Operator Condition
1 Participant Gender In Male Gender
2 SpecimenCollectionGroup Id Is Not Null
3 TissueSpecimen Pathological Status In Malignant
Type In Frozen Tissue
4 TissueSpecimen Pathological Status In Non Malignant
Type In Frozen Tissue
5 SpecimenCharacteristics Tissue Site In Lung, Nos.
6 SpecimenCharacteristics Tissue Site In Lung, Nos.


After adding the classes in the Diagrammatic View, connect the following classes: 1. Participant to SpecimenCollectionGroup. 2. SpecimenCollectionGroup to TissueSpecimen (1 to both). 3. TissueSpecimen with SpecimenCharacteristics (1 to 1). The following figure shows how the diagram will look like. Click the Search button. The result will display all the male participants having lung cancer for which frozen tumor and matching normal tissues are available.

Figure 146: Diagrammatic representation for case F