Edinburgh Cancer Informatics

Data and technology for cancer care

Author : Euan Pettigrew

Pathological response as prognostic indicator for recurrence and survival in early triple negative breast cancer (eTNBC) – use case for multi-centre RWD to support patient access

Innovative new medicines used in conjunction with neoadjuvant chemotherapy (NACT) may lead to a higher pathological complete response (pCR), and therefore a better chance of survival for patients diagnosed with eTNBC cancer. The Edinburgh Cancer Informatics, in partnership with DATA-CAN, ran a retrospective, longitudinal cohort study using routinely collected data to better describe differences in […]

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Real-World Impact of SABR on Stage I Non-Small-Cell Lung Cancer Outcomes at a Scottish Cancer Centre

Collaboration with the Edinburgh Cancer Informatics team enabled an investigation of the Real-World Impact of stereotactic ablative body radiotherapy (SABR) along with other conventional methods (conventional radiotherapy and surgery) on Stage I Non-Small-Cell Lung Cancer (NSCLC) patients in South-East Scotland. A total of 1143 patients discussed at MDM between January 2012 and December 2019 were selected for this study from the Edinburgh Cancer Centre Lung […]

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Prehab Project – A Lung Cancer Study Using REDCap

Summary by Dr Iain Phillips. The Edinburgh Cancer Informatics is supporting a prehabilitation project at St John’s hospital, Livingston, West Lothian for patients with likely lung cancer. All patients with stage 3 and 4 radiologically diagnosed lung cancer are offered prehabilitation. This involves a thorough pre visit assessment. All patients are seen by a Consultant […]

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Patient Characteristics, Treatment Patterns and Long-term Outcomes from a Real-World Population of Early Breast Cancer Patients at High Risk of Recurrence in Scotland

In an effort to better describe patients affected with node-positive HR+, HER2− early breast cancer, the Edinburgh Cancer Informatics conducted a retrospective study looking at the demographic and clinical characteristics of these patients in South-East Scotland, in a real-world setting. Long term outcomes and treatment profiles were also reported, along with healthcare utilisation.  Such audits are […]

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Brain Tumour Pathway – a REDCap Project

Brain Tumour Pathway – a REDCap Project   Critical to accelerating the discovery of new therapies for brain tumours and their translation into the clinic, is to investigate diagnosis, treatment and outcomes at a population level, mapping this to molecular interrogation of resected tumour tissue, and liquid biopsies from patients. In collaboration with researchers at […]

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