OASIS portable: User-friendly offline suite for secure survival analysis.

Area of Science:

• Biomedical Sciences
• Medical Research
• Bioinformatics

Background:

• The Online Application for Survival Analysis (OASIS) and OASIS 2 are established tools for survival analysis in biological and medical fields.
• Existing web-based platforms require data uploading, posing potential security and privacy concerns for sensitive research data.

Discussion:

• This work introduces OASIS portable, an offline, all-in-one suite for survival analysis.
• It offers a virtualised and isolated instance of the OASIS 2 webserver, operating locally on user computers.
• This approach eliminates the need for internet connectivity and data transmission to external servers.

Key Insights:

• OASIS portable ensures secure survival analysis by keeping data on the user's personal computer.
• It provides a user-friendly interface for conducting complex survival analyses without internet access.
• The offline nature addresses privacy concerns associated with cloud-based or online analytical tools.

Outlook:

• Facilitates wider adoption of advanced survival analysis techniques in resource-limited settings.
• Potential for integration with other offline bioinformatics tools.
• Supports reproducible research by providing a stable, local analysis environment.