CANDLE is a three-year EU-funded project (2025 – 2028) supporting Member States and Associated Countries in setting up National Cancer Data Nodes. These NCDNs will boost the reuse of cancer data for research, innovation and policy making, in order to improve diagnostics and treatment for cancer patients, as well as prevention and early detection for citizens not yet affected by the disease. Kickstarted by the implementation of the European Health Data Space, and building on national collaborative networks, NCDNs will provide researchers improved and cross border access to larger data sets of better quality.
CANDLE works in the context of two high level political initiatives that guide the European perspective on cancer research and health data:
On March 6th, UNCAN-Connect, CANDLE, and EU-CIP held a joint Persona Workshop with the EU cancer stakeholder community. This session, following the first persona workshop CANDLE held in November, aimed to build another four personas mapped to the functions of the National Cancer Data Nodes and the European Health Data Space context. 45 participants were [...]
Help shape how cancer data is used across Europe! Are you a cancer data user (researcher, clinician, innovator, policymaker) or a data holder (registry, hospital, biobank, infrastructure, public authority)? We invite you to take part in a European survey contributing to the co-creation of recommendations and best practices for cancer data (re)utilisation – from data [...]
CANDLE’s second newsletter is out! Read to know more about our upcoming Persona Workshop with UNCAN-Connect and EU-CiP: The EU Cancer Information Portal Project, CANDLE participation in external events, media features, and more. Read the online version of the newsletter here. Subscribe to the newsletter to receive each installment. If you are already subscribed, please [...]