Experts in NEJM urge global sharing of cancer data

A group of experts — which includes lead author Prof Mark Lawler at the Centre for Cancer Research and Cell Biology (CCRCB) at Queen’s University Belfast (QUB) — has argued in the New England Journal of Medicine (NEJM) that the ‘freeing of data’ for a disease that knows no borders would enable researchers to find better treatments that increase survival and improve quality of life for cancer patients. Prof Lawler said that current restrictions on data sharing across borders limited the data that could be used by researchers to carry out a comprehensive analysis of cancer. “This is particularly pertinent…