TumorScope

With the whole TumorScope consortium, we're pleased to announce the release of the new version of the official TumorScope website.

Released in July 2026, this update introduces refreshed and expanded content, providing a more comprehensive overview of the project's objectives, research outcomes, team members and latest tools.

We hope these improvements make it easier for visitors to discover the TumorScope project and stay up to date with our progress.

With the whole TumorScope consortium, we're proud to present our latest research article to you!

Unlocking Health Data for Research: Legal, Technical, and Organisational Lessons from a Belgian Interdisciplinary Case' was recently published in BMC Healthcare Informatics with consortium members Audrey Van Scharen and Karen Cruyt as shared first authors.

The paper explores the ethical, legal, and technical challenges, drawing on real-world lessons from our interdisciplinary TumorScope-project, while reflecting on the opportunities the European Health Data Space (EHDS) might bring.

On May 23rd 2025, a new TumorScope-workshop entitled 'Overcoming Barriers to Data Sharing in Interdisciplinary Research: A Dialogue with the Belgian Health Data Agency' found place at the VUB, Brussels Health Campus. During this participatory workshop we explored the challenges and opportunities of data sharing in interdisciplinary health research within the evolving framework of the European Health Data Space (EHDS).

Experts from academia, healthcare, IT, ethics, and policy were brought together to examine the practical implications of the EHDS and to identify what is needed to make data sharing both feasible and legally sound in Belgium.

We would like to thank everyone who attended for their presence, interests in the topics, the challenging questions, and the engaging discussions. Special thanks to Inge Franki, EU Case Manager for the Belgian Health Data Agency, for her interesting keynote and open discussion. See you all at one of our next events!

We are happy to announce that the TumorScope project has been extended for another five years. We thank VUB's Interdisciplinary Research Programmes (IRP) for their continued trust and belief in the research objectives of this project.

Eager to see the results of our consortium during the next five years!