Oncora Medical to power Mass General s Pediatric Proton/Photon Consortium Registry to fight pediatric cancer with data
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BOSTON, Mass. and PHILADELPHIA, Pa., Dec. 22, 2020 /PRNewswire/ Oncora Medical, an oncology data and software company, has been selected to power the Pediatric Proton/Photon Consortium Registry (PPCR), run out of the Mass General Cancer Center (MGCC), with their
Oncora Analytics software platform. The PPCR is a consented registry for pediatric cancer patients with the goal of enabling more rapid research into the impact of advanced treatments such as proton therapy on children suffering from cancer. The current list of participating cancer centers includes many of the top centers in the US such as MD Anderson, the University of Pennsylvania, Northwestern Chicago Proton Center, Washington University, and the University of Florida.
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