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World’s largest cancer database launched by Public Health England

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13th Jun

2013

Public Health England  announced yesterday  that it will setting up the world’s largest database of cancer patients  in an attempt to revolutionise care.

This new service, announced  at PHE’s National Cancer Intelligence Network ‘Cancer Outcomes’ Conference,  states that it will deliver near real-time cancer data and contain detailed clinical information on all 350,000 cancers diagnosed each year across the 50 million people in England. It will also include more than 11 million historical cancer records going back 30 years. The full article can be read here https://www.gov.uk/government/news/worlds-largest-cancer-database-launched-by-phe

Dr Maisey  one of the team at Independent Oncology commented,

“This is a very ambitious project, and if successful will be a significant step forward in the management of our patients. The more information that we have about individual cancer patients the better understanding we will have of this disease. There is already a national initiative to collect data about how early or advanced cancers are by the time they are detected (the cancer ‘stage’ ) which will be extremely helpful in taking forward screening and early detection initiatives.”

 

 

 

 

 

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