Last week’s report from the American Cancer Society shows that cancer mortality is down more than 20% over the past 20 years. " Privacy regulations are hampering the war on cancer , according to this Wall Street Journal opinion piece , with laws such as HIPAA causing a host of issues for researchers . including issues such as mandatory informed patient consent for data to be analysed . To truly beat cancer , it will be necessary to harness the big data collected by patients , including the treatment and taking into account a patient 's familial , genetic and personal history .
" Privacy regulations are hampering the war on cancer , according to this Wall Street Journal opinion piece , with laws such as HIPAA causing a host of issues for researchers . including issues such as mandatory informed patient consent for data to be analysed . To truly beat cancer , it will be necessary to harness the big data collected by patients , including the treatment and taking into account a patient 's familial , genetic and personal history .