The ability to reuse patient-level clinical, genomic, radiology, and digital pathology data at scale is necessary to accelerate cancer prevention, early detection, and treatment innovation. The data-integration platforms cBioPortal has been an integral effort in making this vision tangible for clinicians and researchers alike. The cBioPortal Symposium will be held on November 11th, 09:00 – [...]
The latest edition of the EU Cancer Mission Implementation Newsletter is now available. Among the mission updates, you can find CANDLE as one of the featured projects! CANDLE is highlighted in the newsletter as one of the initiatives helping Europe unlock the power of cancer data, alongside our partner projects EU-CIP and UNCAN-Connect. The newsletter [...]
The CANDLE Project was represented in the 15th meeting of the 1+MG group by our project coordinator, Lifang Liu. During the 15th meeting of the group, held on September 10th in Copenhagen, CANDLE was introduced at the 1+MG meeting by CANDLE co-coordinator Lifang Liu in a special 30-minute slot. The CANDLE project introduction was followed [...]
CANDLE coordinator Lifang Liu from Health-RI spoke 22 July 2025 in the Advances in Biomedical REsearch symposium ABRE2025. Highlights include: We are looking forward to deepening these connections throughout our project! Check out the full session recording.
[...]The 4th EU Cancer Mission Newsletter mentions CANDLE’s project start in June 2025. Other highlights from the newsletter include: Upcoming events: Mission implementation stories: Other new projects & initiatives: Read the full issue here: https://ec.europa.eu/newsroom/rtd/newsletter-archives/65759
[...]The CANDLE Project has been featured on Lancet Oncology! In this news item, Manjulika Das covers the tenets of the CANDLE project, its ambitions, the project’s involvement in the EU Mission on Cancer and EHDS integration, and more. Read the news item on the CANDLE mission: https://www.thelancet.com/journals/lanonc/article/PIIS1470-2045(25)00355-9/abstract
[...]The CANDLE Kick-off Meeting was held from June 16th to 17th in Amsterdam, and it was a success!During the first day of meetings we explored the what and how of building National Cancer Data Nodes: from coordination (WP1 | Robin Navest), users and conceptualization (WP2 | Tomi P. Mäkelä), to technical connection (WP3 | Alfonso [...]
the CANDLE project officially launched on June 1st! CANDLE (National CAncer data Node DeveLopErs) is an EU-funded project with a three-year mission to build a robust cancer research infrastructure across EU Member States. The project’s consortium is made up of Member State governance bodies, patients and public health, cancer care, as well as six major [...]
