Introduction to the National Cancer Imaging Translational Accelerator (NCITA): a UK-wide infrastructure for multicentre clinical translation of cancer imaging biomarkers

M A McAteer; J P B O'Connor; D M Koh; H Y Leung; S J Doran; M Jauregui-Osoro; N Muirhead; C Brew-Graves; E R Plummer; E Sala; T Ng; E O Aboagye; G S Higgins; S Punwani

doi:10.1038/s41416-021-01497-5

Introduction to the National Cancer Imaging Translational Accelerator (NCITA): a UK-wide infrastructure for multicentre clinical translation of cancer imaging biomarkers

Br J Cancer. 2021 Nov;125(11):1462-1465. doi: 10.1038/s41416-021-01497-5. Epub 2021 Jul 27.

Authors

M A McAteer¹, J P B O'Connor^{2

3}, D M Koh³, H Y Leung⁴, S J Doran³, M Jauregui-Osoro⁵, N Muirhead⁶, C Brew-Graves⁶, E R Plummer⁷, E Sala⁸, T Ng^{9

10}, E O Aboagye⁵, G S Higgins¹¹, S Punwani⁶

Affiliations

¹ Department of Oncology, University of Oxford, Oxford, UK. martina.mcateer@oncology.ox.ac.uk.
² Division of Cancer Sciences, The University of Manchester, Manchester, UK.
³ Division of Radiotherapy and Imaging, The Institute of Cancer Research and Royal Marsden Hospital, London, UK.
⁴ Beatson Institute for Cancer Research, University of Glasgow, Glasgow, UK.
⁵ Department of Surgery and Cancer, Imperial College London, London, UK.
⁶ Centre for Medical Imaging, University College London, London, UK.
⁷ Northern Institute for Cancer Care, Freeman Hospital and Newcastle University, Newcastle upon Tyne, UK.
⁸ Department of Radiology, University of Cambridge and CRUK Cambridge Centre, Cambridge, UK.
⁹ UCL Cancer Institute, University College London, London, UK.
¹⁰ School of Cancer and Pharmaceutical Sciences, King's College London, London, UK.
¹¹ Department of Oncology, University of Oxford, Oxford, UK.

Abstract

The National Cancer Imaging Translational Accelerator (NCITA) is creating a UK national coordinated infrastructure for accelerated translation of imaging biomarkers for clinical use. Through the development of standardised protocols, data integration tools and ongoing training programmes, NCITA provides a unique scalable infrastructure for imaging biomarker qualification using multicentre clinical studies.

Publication types

Multicenter Study
Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

Biomarkers, Tumor / metabolism*
Diagnostic Tests, Routine / methods*
Humans
Neoplasms / diagnostic imaging*
Research Design
United Kingdom

Substances

Biomarkers, Tumor

Abstract

Publication types

MeSH terms

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Grants and funding