DP713 - Advancing the Australian Companion Animal Registry of Cancers

Research Investment

Researchers: Professor Chiara Palmieri (Principal investigator) ,  Professor Chiara Palmieri (Principal investigator)

Brief description Cancer is a major cause of death in animal and human populations. Availability of cancer data is necessary to advance clinical and epidemiological evidence towards monitoring and evaluating the efficacy of current treatment programs and help drive research and development of intervention priorities. While cancer registries are common place in human medicine, veterinary cancer registries have been sporadic, short-lived and uncoordinated. ACARCinom will be the first Australia-wide registry of animal and complementary human cancers that will generate a sustainable, unified, integrated and accessible data asset for identifying patterns and trends in animal and human cancers, as well as quantifying the role of predisposing risk factors. Companion animals are sentinels of certain human cancers of environmental origin and analysis of the ACARCinom data asset can point to shared cancer hot-spots and uncover associated predisposing environmental risk factors for cancers in animals and humans.

Amount 391,097.00 AUD

Scheme National Data Assets Australian Data Partnerships Program