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:
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 [...]
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Carola Schulz (empirica) presented 18 November 2025 in the Webinar – Building Bridges in Digital Health Innovation: Data, Policy & People on National Cancer Data Nodes as instruments for privacy‑preserving cancer data sharing and their role in European digital health ecosystems Carola higlighted how National Cancer Data Nodes contribute to the three key topcis of [...]
