PopCASE initiative aims to strengthen population cancer analytics and community outreach
Johnie Rose, MD, PhD, Director of the Population Cancer Analytics Shared Resource at Case CCC, recently co-authored the study, Understanding the Needs and Challenges of Cancer Registry Stakeholders, published in Clinical Cancer Informatatics.
The qualitative analysis examined the evolving cancer data ecosystem and the needs of stakeholders who rely on cancer registry data for research and community outreach efforts, and is connected to the development of the Population Cancer Assessment and Surveillance Engine (PopCASE), a transportable informatics platform supported by the National Institutes of Health and National Cancer Institute.
Designed to integrate patient-level cancer registry data with detailed community-level information on social conditions and health services availability, PopCASE aims to provide researchers and community outreach professionals with a standardized, user-friendly tool for population cancer analytics.
The authors highlight the critical role of cancer registry datasets in understanding cancer burden, identifying disparities, and informing strategies to improve cancer prevention and care within cancer center catchment areas and beyond.
The collaborative work included contributions from Akhil Sarangadharan GeethaKumari, MSc; Case CCC Population and Cancer Prevention Program members Siran Koroukian PhD, and Uriel Kim, MD, PhD, MBA, and Kalle Lyytinen, PhD.