Case studies | Understand Patient Data

Learning more about blood cancer

Data from thousands of people is giving new insights into blood cancer
- Understanding disease
- Diagnosis
- Treatment and prevention
- Planning
Early diagnosis of dementia

Researching the earliest changes in the development of dementia
- Understanding disease
- Diagnosis
- Treatment and prevention
Improving early cancer diagnosis for Black African women

Using patient data to identify variation in diagnosis of late stage breast cancer
- Understanding disease
- Diagnosis
Using techniques from astronomy to diagnose dementia

Analysing GP data for dementia early warning signs
- Diagnosis
Screening for ovarian cancer

Recruiting women to participate in a trial to assess the costs and benefits of screening
- Diagnosis
- Planning
- Patient safety
- Policy
Tracking Parkinson's

Improving understanding of the biological changes involved in Parkinson's
- Understanding disease
- Diagnosis
- Treatment and prevention
Screening for bowel cancer

Using patient data to demonstrate the efficacy of bowel cancer screening
- Individual care
- Diagnosis
- Treatment and prevention
- Policy