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 7 May, the European Commission (DG Sante and DG-RTD) and the CANDLE Project coordinated an event to explore potential mechanisms to integrate National Cancer Data Nodes (NCDNs) in the national implementation of the European Health Data Space regulation (EHDS). We brought together over 150 participants from the eHealth Network and the Health Data Access [...]
The CANDLE project was proudly represented at the EU Cancer Mission Conference and the third TEHDAS2 Stakeholder Forum, held in Nicosia, Cyprus, April 27-30, 2026. The EU Cancer Mission Conference ‘Understanding Cancer in the Digital Age: Data, Innovation, and Equity’ was held on April 27th, in person and online. The sessions explored the EU Cancer [...]
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 [...]
