Gold-standard cancer data management is pivotal to enable precision medicine for European citizens. Achieving this goal relies on key elements: adopting standardized data formats, ensuring robust data privacy, educating professionals about the infrastructure’s benefits and leveraging cutting-edge technologies to transform cancer care.
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Nikolski, M., Hovig, E., Al-Shahrour, F. et al. Roadmap for a European cancer data management and precision medicine infrastructure. Nat Cancer 5, 367–372 (2024). https://doi.org/10.1038/s43018-023-00717-6
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