To help metastatic breast cancer patients understand treatment patterns and potential options for care, Ciitizen has teamed up with Breastcancer.org to launch the Metastatic Breast Cancer Insight Study, an initiative that includes patient participation directly in the research process. With COVID-19 currently disrupting treatment and procedures for cancer patients everywhere,...
Collaborating to Increase Access to Cancer Clinical Trials
On June 1, 2019, the Biden Cancer Initiative announced the launch of a collaborative effort to create an Oncology Clinical Trial Information Commons (OCTIC). The vision of the OCTIC is a shared platform where all information about oncology clinical trials can be stored and accessed, which will enable patients to...
The Value of Health Data — Clinical Trials
The Value of Health Data — Clinical TrialsUdeMNouvelles — Université de MontréalLast year, when we first began helping cancer patients collect their medical records, I had a conversation with the wife of a cancer patient to gage her interest in having her husband’s cancer records.He was just getting ready to begin chemotherapy for liver cancer, and she...
