Data and technology for cancer care
Colin McLean, Senior Data Scientist for the Data theme of the CRUK Scotland Centre, is among the authors of a new perspective piece in the European Journal of Cancer. “From bench to byte: A UK perspective on data-driven cancer research” was written by the leads of Cancer Research UK’s Data Interest Groups and sets out […]
eCRUSADers has published a detailed researcher experience post from our TRACC Clinical Research Fellow Tamsin Nash, describing the process of building a linked dataset for her PhD on socioeconomic and ethnic disparities in cancer care quality. The cohort comprises around 500,000 patients diagnosed with cancer in Scotland between 2009 and 2024, drawn from SMR00, SMR01, […]
An editorial in ESMO Real-World Data and Digital Oncology by Sam McInerney, Peter Hall and Kathrin Cresswell argues that the barrier to large language models in oncology is not model performance but whether strained health systems can assess, validate and sustain them. Using clinical trial matching and ambient documentation as worked examples, the authors show […]
Cost Effectiveness Modelling for Health Technology Assessment 20th-24th April, 2026 This five-day course will provide an introduction to decision analytic cost-effectiveness modelling, giving the theoretical and practical knowledge required to design and implement analyses that meet the methodological standards of Health Technology Assessment (HTA) organisations. The programme guides you through building a decision tree and […]
This comprehensive four-day course provides essential statistical knowledge for Clinical Oncology and Medical Oncology specialty trainees. Designed to meet the requirements of the FRCR Part 1 examination and the Specialty Certificate Examination (SCE) in Medical Oncology, basic skills in data analysis and interpretation are also introduced. More information can be found here: Oncology Statistics
Edinburgh Cancer Informatics team members Dr Iain Phillips (right) and (below) analyst Caleb McDougall-Monk, Prof. Peter Hall and Dr Mark Stares have cause to celebrate recently, having succesfully published their work on prehabilitation in lung cancer patients. The paper, entitled “Multidisciplinary Prehabilitation Reduces Hospitalization Time and Suggests Improved Survival in Patients with Radiologically Diagnosed Lung […]
The Movember Prostate Cancer Equity Metric Project, a three-year initiative funded by the Movember charity, seeks to tackle socio-economic and geographic inequities in prostate cancer care in Scotland. Led by co-chief investigators Kevin Gallagher and Peter Hall, the project aims to develop and implement effective equity metrics across Scotland. These metrics will enable the identification […]
Edinburgh Cancer Informatics had the pleasure of attending the Cancer Research UK Parliamentary Reception back in February. Represented by Mahéva Vallet, Mark Stares, Tamsin Nash, and Caleb McDougall-Monk, the team presented and answered questions on a wide range of subjects across the University and NHS teams. CRUK Scotland gave us the following write-up: “Cancer Informatics […]
We’re hiring! Edinburgh Cancer Informatics are excited to announce that we are recruiting for the position of Post-Doctoral Research Fellow within the team. If this sounds interesting to you, more details can be found here. The deadline is 17th March 2025, 23:59.
DataLoch, in collaboration with ECi are proud to announce our membership of the UK Real-World Evidence Network. Operated by Health Data Research UK, this pilot will prove the potential of Observational Medical Outcomes Partnership (OMOP) and the Common Data Model (CDM). This partnership will centre on the challenge of combining data from multiple sources to […]
