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CANDLE Survey on Needs, Challenges, and Priorities for Cancer Data Utilisation

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 preparation […]

The Second CANDLE Newsletter is Out!

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 […]

eCancer Working Group Recommendations Now Published

Joint statement from UNCAN-Connect, CANDLE and EU-CIP The European Commission has established two digital flagship projects under Europe’s Beating Cancer Plan and the EU Cancer Mission: UNCAN.eu and the European Cancer Patient Digital Center (ECPDC). The two platforms are designed to be interlinked in National Cancer Data Nodes (NCDNs), with the goal of ensuring cancer […]

CANDLE will hold persona webinar with UNCAN-Connect and EU-CiP 6 March 2026

We are happy to co-organise the next Cancer Persona Webinar on 6 March 2026 with our synergy projects UNCAN-Connect and EU-CiP! Register https://emp.onl/cancerpersona What actors define the landscape of federated cancer research, National Cancer Data Nodes and cancer patient information? We will explore this in our persona workshop with the EU cancer stakeholder community. Why […]

CANDLE NCDNs Persona Workshop

Yesterday, on November 26th, CANDLE held its first Persona Workshop with the EU cancer stakeholder community. This session aimed to build personas mapped to the functions of the National Cancer Data Nodes and the European Health Data Space context. The workshop was attended by 62 participants, all engaged in productive conversation.  The workshop was organized […]

The First CANDLE Newsletter is Out!

CANDLE’s first newsletter is out! Read to know more about our Kick-off meeting, the upcoming Persona webinar, past and upcoming events, media features, and more. Check the online version out. Subscribe to the newsletter to receive each installment. If you are already subscribed but didn’t receive the newsletter in your email, please check your spam […]

cBioPortal Symposium – Making Cancer Data Accessible for All

On Tuesday, November 11, 2025 (09:00 – 17:00), the Netherlands Cancer Institute (NKI) was hosting a one-day symposium titled “cBioPortal – Making cancer data accessible for all”. The event was co-organized with Health-RI and the CANDLE project. Personalized cancer medicine increasingly depends on integrating clinical, molecular, imaging, and pathology data into a continuous learning health-care […]

CANDLE contributes to EUnetCCC Annual Meeting 2025

The CANDLE team spent two days at the EUnetCCC – European Network of Comprehensive Cancer Centres Annual Meeting in Paris, engaging deeply with cancer data stakeholders from across Europe. Learning from Stakeholders At our dedicated booth, stakeholders from multiple sectors highlighted the most impactful barriers to cancer data sharing across their home countries. Infrastructure fragmentation […]