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We are a UK-wide partnership that is unlocking the power of health data to improve cancer care

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Improving care and outcomes for people with cancer

Health data

We work with partners to make high quality health data more accessible for cancer researchers and health professionals in a range of sectors to help improve care and outcomes for people with cancer.
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Partnering with patients

We work with patients and carers to make sure that data is used in a transparent and responsible way that benefits the NHS, patients and society. Patients are involved at all levels of our decision making processes.
Our work with patients

NHS Trusted Research Environment

We work with NHS Digital on the NHS Trusted Research Environment, providing researchers with access to cancer data to help understand the impact of COVID-19 on cancer patients.
Trusted Research Environment

Find out more about DATA-CAN’s work and impact in this video and in our Impact Report.

DATA-CAN Impact Report – a two year journey

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DATA-CAN welcomes Abiodun Azeez as part of the Health Data Science Black Internship Programme

21st July 2022

Abiodun Azeez, a Master of Public Health graduate in Field Epidemiology, will be working with DATA-CAN founding partner IQVIA, in their Real World Solutions team this Summer.

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A less invasive treatment approach for bowel cancer could save over £1 billion

7th July 2022

New research, involving DATA-CAN’s scientific director Prof Mark Lawler, suggests that providing a break in treatment to patients with advanced bowel cancer could not only benefit quality of life but could also help save £1.2 billion for the National Health Service in England.
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Significant drop in cancer diagnoses in Wales during the Covid-19 pandemic

20th May 2022

A new study in the British Journal of Cancer by DATA-CAN and partners has found that there were over a thousand fewer new cases of bowel, breast and lung cancers diagnosed in Wales in 2020, compared to 2019.

Health Data Research Innovation Gateway

DATA-CAN is making high quality datasets available to cancer researchers via the Health Data Research Innovation Gateway.

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Health Data Research UK

DATA-CAN is one of the Health Data Research Hubs funded through UK Research and Innovation’s Industrial Strategy Challenge Fund, and coordinated by Health Data Research UK.

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