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Data-sharing system may make research more effective.(breast cancer data base)
2002 NOV 21 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Cancer specialists will soon be able to compare mammograms with computerized images of breast cancer from across Europe, in a bid to improve diagnosis and treatment.
Researchers - including computer experts from the Complex Cooperative Systems Research Centre at the University of the West of England (UWE) - have just received a grant of EUR 1.9 million (1.2 million British pounds) from the European Union for the 3-year project.
"Improving access to data on cancer could be highly relevant to the early detection and better targeting of treatment for this disease," said Professor Richard McClatchey from UWE's faculty of computing, engineering and mathematical sciences. "For example, in America, it is estimated that only 20% of all previously recorded mammogram data can be faithfully retrieved for consultation, which is a very poor statistic. Reliable access to securely curated medical data should dramatically improve the diagnosis procedure, which will enable early detection of cancers - a significant step in improving women's health."
Medical staff will be able to compare data on a standardized basis, even though it may have originated in a wide range of formats. The new project, known as MammoGrid, brings together computer and medical imaging experts, cancer specialists, radiologists and epidemiologists from Bristol, Oxford, Cambridge, France and Italy.
"We will be harnessing the latest data Grid technology for this project," said McClatchey. "Grid techniques are at the forefront of data management for future large-scale scientific applications. They will allow millions of images and files of relevant medical information held on distributed computers - in this case from different hospitals, regions and even different countries - to be accessed and compared. One important advantage is that use of the Grid will be completely transparent for the enduser, in this case the clinician or radiologist."
Widening the network of information available to cancer specialists has many potential benefits. It could improve accuracy of diagnosis and treatment, assist epidemiologists in understanding patterns of disease, and be invaluable in training new specialists.
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