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Specialist registrar in Clinical Oncology Dr Stuart Walter reviews two recent papers He highlights the importance of acknowledging the conclusion in the second paper: ‘While having cancer and receiving certain cancer therapies remain plausible risk factors for both contracting SARSCoV-2 infections and having more severe COVID-19 outcomes, existing data do not yet answer these questions’. […]
Specialty Trainee in Clinical Oncology Dr Ruth Fullerton gives an update on some recent evidence. For people living with cancer and the clinicians looking after them there remain a lot of uncertainties about the affect of covid-19. There has been particular concern that the anti-cancer treatments we use may put people at increased risk of […]
Dr Jonine Figueroa, Cancer Epidemiologist at the University of Edinburgh analysis of the latest death registration data in Scotland and looks at excess COVID-related mortality in cancer patients
Specialty Registrar and ECAT Clinical Lecturer in Medical Oncology Dr Karin Purshouse outlines the early evidence around the risk posed by COVID19 to patients with cancer Cancer centres across the UK have radically changed their approach to managing patients with cancer in response to the COVID19 pandemic. In line with NICE guidelines, this has included […]
Project overview The Edinburgh Cancer Centre (ECC), on behalf of SCAN (South East Scotland Cancer Network), are contributing to this national registry of cases of covid in patients with a diagnosis of cancer. Analyses of the data collected will be reported on a weekly basis to provide cancer teams with real-time data to inform cancer […]
SCAN, the South East Scotland Cancer Network, has been awarded funding from the Cancer Innovation Challenge to trial an implementation of a regional platform for PROMs and PREMs in cancer care in South East Scotland. SCAN will be working with CIC Phase 2‘s My Clinical Outcomes. The project kick off meeting took place on 5 August 2019 […]
Edinburgh Cancer Centre Oncology Specialty Registrar Ashley Horne @AshHorne1983 used data visualisation to demonstrate the power of Scottish prescribing data for complex treatment sequencing in metastatic breast cancer at the 2019 European Society of Medical Oncology annual conference. Full poster: ESMO_2019_Optimized
Information technology plays a key role in fighting cancer through a growing field called cancer informatics. Cancer informatics is where information science, computer science and health care intersect. It’s about acquiring, storing and using information about cancer most thoroughly and efficiently. Its tools include computers, clinical guidelines, and information and communication systems. It uses information […]
We are using data to help patients at front line of NHS cancer care The Cancer Research UK Edinburgh Centre and the Edinburgh Cancer Centre are working together to use data and information systems in new ways. The Edinburgh Cancer Centre provides comprehensive cancer care for the South East Scotland Cancer Network, serving patients within the 4 regional Health Boards – NHS Lothian, NHS […]
HealthyR: R for Healthcare Data Analysis is an amazing 2.5 day quick start course run by Surgical Informatics. This introduces healthcare researchers with no experience of using the industry-standard R computer coding language for data science. It takes an innovative approach, is delivered on bespoke servers, and uses code specially designed for education. Free HealthyR resources and […]
