Cancer

Future of Cancer Data Summit: Advancing Innovation and Enhancing Patient Care

Strategic Insights

Sep 11, 2025 — 1 min read

The third annual Future of Cancer Data Summit: Advancing Innovation, Enhancing Patient Care was held in Orlando, Florida, on September 12, 2025. The summit brought together experts in pathology, oncology, surgery, and data science to shape the future of cancer data and drive advances in research, care delivery, and patient outcomes. The event highlighted the importance of standardized cancer data capture and exchange nationwide, ensuring seamless data flow into cancer registries, clinical systems, and research networks.

Key Takeaways:

The USCDI+Cancer initiative aims to standardize how cancer data is captured and exchanged nationwide, ensuring seamless data flow into cancer registries, clinical systems, and research networks.
Structured pathology reports and CAP's electronic Cancer Protocols (eCPs) provide clinicians with actionable insights, directly influencing treatment decisions and improving patient outcomes.
Keynote speaker Amanda Haddock, President of the Dragon Master Initiative, shared how molecular pathology shaped her son's treatment journey, highlighting the human impact of standardized cancer data.
Experts highlighted the importance of interoperability for cancer reporting and care, with initiatives like USCDI+Cancer aiming to standardize cancer data capture and exchange nationwide.
Sessions explored how AI is transforming healthcare, from diagnostics and prognostics to treatment prediction and companion diagnostics.
The summit signaled a transformative moment in the evolution of patient care, emphasizing the need to integrate pathology data to unlock new possibilities for innovation and impact.

Statistics:

The USCDI+Cancer initiative aims to standardize cancer data capture and exchange nationwide.
80% of cancer data is currently inaccessible across care settings (Source: College of American Pathologists).
Structured pathology reports and CAP's electronic Cancer Protocols (eCPs) are used in over 80% of US hospitals and clinics.
The College of American Pathologists (CAP) has over 18,000 members worldwide.

Sources:

College of American Pathologists
CAP Newsroom (CAP.org)
Dragon Master Initiative

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