CANCER RESEARCH DATABASE (CaRD)
NCRI Partners submit data, on a yearly basis, to the NCRI Secretariat for inclusion in the NCRI Cancer Research Database (CaRD). Every research project is classified using the Common Scientific Outline (CSO). This assigns the research to one of 7 categories:
- Biology
- Aetiology (causes of cancer)
- Prevention
- Early Detection, Diagnosis and Prognosis
- Treatment
- Cancer Control, Survival, and Outcomes research
- Scientific Model Systems
Research projects are subsequently further classified according to subdivisions in these categories, and, where applicable, to tumour location in the body. For more information on the Common Scientific Outline please click here.
The Strategic Analysis 2002 report, based on analysis of the NCRI CaRD 2002, highlighted a number of topics that were less well funded than other topics. This report led to a number of indepth studies.
An analysis of the 2004 data was published as part of the NCRI 3-Year Progress Report.
In 2008 the NCRI published a five year analysis of the CaRD highlighting how cancer research has changed between 2002 and 2006. For more information on the five year analysis please click here. For the data package which accompanies the five year analysis of the CaRD document, which now includes data up to 2009, please click here.
