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Edinburgh was one of eight cancer centres from accross the world that was able to contribute real world data to a pooled analysis that validated RCB as a strong predictor in all breast cancer subtypes.
We believe that independance and transparency are a central requirement for the valid generation of Real World Evidence. This special issue of Value in Health highlights some of the issues. https://www.valueinhealthjournal.com/issue/S1098301520X00118
Prospects for future research and a reflection on lessons learned: The Bowel Cancer Intelligence UK Hub are working with Public Health Scotland and the University of Edinburgh to make Health Data available and research ready for the colorectal cancer research community. This webinar summarises the project and future opportunities. This introduces the paper sumarising the […]
Data from a single-center study in Scotland suggested that there were more patients with lung cancer admitted acutely with cancer, non-COVID-19-related illness during the COVID-19 pandemic. “Early and late lockdown were characterized by a reduction in self-presentation and longer resulting admission suggesting that patients were admitted with more complex pathology and consequently had longer admission,” […]
Public Health Scotland webinar, SCRIS: How data is helping support improved cancer care services in Scotland’, took place on the 18 January 2021 and featured presentations from speakers involved in the implementation, delivery and use of the SCRIS project. Full details on the PHS website. Watch the presentations again: Professor Aileen Keel CBE – SCRIS: […]
DataLoch is a repository of linked health and social care administrative data sets from Edinburgh and the South East of Scotland. Edinburgh Cancer Informatics is working closely with the DataLoch team to make cancer data accross the region available for research. Read a good summary the DataLoch on the eCRUSADers blog https://ecrusad.co.uk/2020/12/03/dataloch/#q1
A national population administrative secondary care data linkage study People who are nearing the end of life are high users of hospital services. The absolute cost to providers and its value is uncertain. There is a need to identify which groups of people spend a lot of time in hospital so that care can be […]
Speciality Trainee in Medical Oncology Dr Ashley Pheely gives an update on some recent evidence about Covid-19 in patients with cancer TERAVOLT STUDY- COVID-19 in patients with thoracic malignancies (TERAVOLT): first results of an international, registry-based, cohort study M Garassino et al Background: initial data released in March 2020 from Wuhan, China suggested that patients with […]
Data Scientist Giovanni Tramonti has produced an implementation of the NHS Predict decision tool for batch processing. Available on the R CRAN. This is useful for producing a patient-level mortality risk estimate from breast cancer staging information. https://cran.r-project.org/web/packages/nhs.predict/index.html
Speciality Trainee in Medical Oncology Dr Sam Kestenbaum gives an update on some recent evidence about Covid-19 in patients with cancer Clinical impact of COVID-19 on patients with cancer (CCC19): a cohort study Kuderer NM, Choueiri TK, Shah DP et al. 28/06/20, The Lancet Background: Due to the high prevalence of cancer and the high transmissibility of […]
