Victorian Partnership for Advanced Computing

The Australian Comprehensive Cancer Outcomes and Research Database (ACCORD) is a means by which Cancer clinicians and researchers can store and maintain data related to Cancer patients’ clinical outcomes and demographic characteristics. Launched as a pilot study in 2004 by Cancer Trials Australia in partnership with the Ludwig Institute of Cancer Research, ACCORD is currently being used at five different sites in Victoria, including the Royal Melbourne Hospital, the Western Hospital, Box Hill Hospital, Peter MacCallum Cancer Centre, and Austin Hospital and in Adelaide at the Royal Australian College of Surgeons. ACCORD provides clinicians and researchers with a comprehensive, reliable and easily accessible dataset, featuring real-time querying capabilities, on all cancer patients treated at Cancer Trials Australia sites and includes data on all tumour types including brain, breast, lung, colorectal, haematogical malignancies and more. In addition, ACCORD interacts with hospitals’ Patient Administrative Systems to identify new and returning cancer patients. Download full PDF (182KB)