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From selfish silo to collaborative culture – embracing data-enabled cancer research

Aedin Culhane and Mark Lawler, Co-Leads of the eHealth Hub for Cancer, reflect on their data-enabled cancer research journeys, how their collaborative team science approach has reaped significant dividends in cancer research and policy and how the hub is inducing a paradigm shift in how health data are deployed on the island of Ireland.
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Delivering the best policy for cancer patients: Follow the science – follow the data

Mark Lawler, from the Patrick G Johnston Centre for Cancer Research at Queen’s University Belfast, reflects on key milestones in cancer policy initiatives and how data support innovative cancer research, optimal care and equity of access.

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