Data Analysis and Survival for Personalised Oncology
Applied Statistics Research Group at the Mathematical Institute of Leiden University
About
At DASPO we conduct high-quality quantitative research on survival analysis and related topics in the field of personalised oncology. We are active in the development of new methodologies for inference on the effectiveness of multimodal treatments in fighting cancer. Our group is also interested in the correct application and adaptation of existing statistical techniques to an oncology setting.
The research group is active since June 2015, when the first KiKa-funded project on the efficacy of chemotherapy regimens on survival outcome in patients affected by osteosarcoma started.
📢 News 📢
A new project funded by KWF for the development of a new clinical prediction tool for INDIvidualized loCAl Therapy for Ewing Sarcoma (INDICATES) will commence in July 2024.
Stay tuned for more details!
Projects
DASPO is currently running several research projects. Of particular interest are therapy modifications like delays and dose reductions induced by acute toxicity.
Supported by KWF, DASPO developed a dynamic prognostic model for predicting survival and local recurrence under different treatment protocols in patients soft-tissue sarcoma, given individual and tumour characteristics. This model is currently embedded in the PERSARC (PERsonalised SARComa Care) app, which has now become an integral part of the daily practices of numerous physicians as a support tool in shared decision-making. Given its established validity, collaborations are currently underway on several projects across Europe, using PERSARC as a mathematical tool to enhance knowledge in eSTS.
Clinical congresses we participated in
2024
EEC (Euro Ewing Consortium) 20th Network Meeting - London (UK), June 24-25, 2024 [Upcoming]
EEC (Euro Ewing Consortium) 19th Network Meeting - Virtual, January 23, 2024
2023
EEC (Euro Ewing Consortium) 18th Network Meeting - London (UK), June 26-27, 2023
EEC (Euro Ewing Consortium) 17th Network Meeting - Virtual, January 31, 2023
EEC 18th Network meeting, London 27/6/2023
2022
EORTC (Soft Tissue and Bone Sarcoma Group) - Fall meeting, Munich (Germany), October 27-28, 2022
ESMO Congress 2022, Paris (France), September 9-13, 2022
EORTC (Soft Tissue and Bone Sarcoma Group) - Short virtual spring meeting, March 11, 2022
2021
EORTC (Soft Tissue and Bone Sarcoma Group) - Short virtual spring meeting, March 25, 2021
2020
EORTC (Soft Tissue and Bone Sarcoma Group) - Short virtual autumn meeting, October 15, 2020
ESMO Virtual Congress 2020, September 19-21, 2020
EORTC (Soft Tissue and Bone Sarcoma Group) - Short virtual spring meeting, April 3, 2020
Bootcongres 2020, Roermond (the Netherlands), March 5, 2020
2019
EORTC (Soft Tissue and Bone Sarcoma Group) - Autumn meeting, Madrid (Spain), October 17-18, 2019
ISAR (International Society of Arthroplasty Registries) 2019
SIOP Europe Annual Meeting: The European Society for Pediatric Oncology 2019
International Ewing Winter Meeting 2019
2018
19th congress of the European Federation of National Associations of Orthopedics and Traumatology 2018
29th Annual Meeting of the International BFM-SG Helsinki 2018
EMSOS Annual Meeting 2018
Ewing Spring Meeting 2018
2017
28th Annual Meeting of the International BFM-SG Jerusalem 2017
EMSOS Annual Meeting 2017
London Bone Sarcoma Meeting 2017
2016
Najaarscongres van de Nederlandse Orthopaedische Vereniging 2016
CTOS Annual Meeting 2016
EMSOS Annual Meeting 2016
2015
European Bone Sarcoma Network Meeting 2015
Contacts
daspo [at] math [dot] leidenuniv [dot] nl
Mathematical Institute Leiden University
Gorlaeus - Einsteinweg 55, 2333 CC Leiden