Introducing PIONEER: a project to harness big data in prostate cancer research

Muhammad Imran Omar, Monique J. Roobol, Maria J. Ribal, Thomas Abbott, Paul Michael Agapow, Sonia Araujo, Alex Asiimwe, Charles Auffray, Irina Balaur, Katharina Beyer, Chiara Bernini, Anders Bjartell, Alberto Briganti, John Edward Butler-Ransohoff, Riccardo Campi, Marinel Cavelaars, Bertrand De Meulder, Zsuzsanna Devecseri, Marc Dietrich Voss, Konstantinos DimitropoulosSusan Evans-Axelsson, Billy Franks, Louise Fullwood, Denis Horgan, Emma Jane Smith, Amit Kiran, Kati Kivinummi, Mark Lambrecht, Doron Lancet, Peter Lindgren, Sara MacLennan, Steven MacLennan, Maria Manuela Nogueira, Fredrik Moen, Maxim Moinat, Kishore Papineni, Christian Reich, Kristin Reiche, Stijn Rogiers, Claudio Sartini, Kees van Bochove, Femke van Diggelen, Mieke Van Hemelrijck, Hein Van Poppel, Jihong Zong, James N’Dow, The PIONEER Consortium

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Abstract

Prostate Cancer Diagnosis and Treatment Enhancement Through the Power of Big Data in Europe (PIONEER) is a European network of excellence for big data in prostate cancer, consisting of 32 private and public stakeholders from 9 countries across Europe. Launched by the Innovative Medicines Initiative 2 and part of the Big Data for Better Outcomes Programme (BD4BO), the overarching goal of PIONEER is to provide high-quality evidence on prostate cancer management by unlocking the potential of big data. The project has identified critical evidence gaps in prostate cancer care, via a detailed prioritization exercise including all key stakeholders. By standardizing and integrating existing high-quality and multidisciplinary data sources from patients with prostate cancer across different stages of the disease, the resulting big data will be assembled into a single innovative data platform for research. Based on a unique set of methodologies, PIONEER aims to advance the field of prostate cancer care with a particular focus on improving prostate-cancer-related outcomes, health system efficiency by streamlining patient management, and the quality of health and social care delivered to all men with prostate cancer and their families worldwide.

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)351-361
Number of pages11
JournalNature Reviews Urology
Volume17
Issue number6
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - 2020

Subject classification (UKÄ)

  • Cancer and Oncology
  • Urology and Nephrology

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