Statistics and Data Analysis

In the core facility Statistics and Data analysis, we do statistical consulting for researchers in the Danish Cancer Society Research Center and external collaborators. This includes planning studies and designing experiments, formal definition of study hypothesis, optimal choice of study design and sample size determination, statistical modeling, and interpretation and presentation of results.

In addition, we organize courses and workshops in relevant topics within statistics and study designs.

We work in close collaboration with cancer researchers in basic research, epidemiology and the clinic. We have experience with animal experiments, randomized controlled trials, questionnaires, meta-analyses (including Cochrane reviews) and register-based studies.

We have extensive experience in working with registries at Statistics Denmark and Sundhedsdatastyrelsen and have a strong focus on reproducible research.

Our aim is to contribute to excellent cancer research by ensuring that

• Research projects are adequately planned
• Research questions and hypotheses are clearly formulated
• Data analysis matches the research question
• Interpretation of the statistical analysis is accurate

Selected publications:

Sand FL, Kjaer SK, Frederiksen K, Dehlendorff C: Risk of cervical intraepithelial neoplasia grade 2 or worse after conization in relation to HPV vaccination status. Int J Cancer 2020;147(3):641-647 

Verdoodt F, Dehlendorff C, Jäättelä M, Strauss R, Pottegård A, Hallas J, Friis S, Kjaer SK: Antihistamines and Ovarian Cancer Survival: Nationwide Cohort Study and in Vitro Cell Viability Assay. J Natl Cancer Inst. 2020;(9):964-967

Høeg BL, Bidstrup PE, Karlsen RV, Friberg AS, Albieri V, Dalton SO, Saltbæk L, Andersen KK, Horsboel TA, Johansen C: Follow-up strategies following completion of primary cancer treatment in adult cancer survivors. Cochrane Database Syst Rev 2019;2019(11):CD012425

Christensen J, Højsgaard Schmidt LK, Kejs AMT, Søgaard J, Rasted MC, Andersen O, Ingeholm P, Iversen LH: Agreement between the Danish Cancer Registry and the Danish Colorectal Cancer Group Database. Acta Oncol 2020;59(1):116-123

Kenborg L, Duun-Henriksen AK, Dalton SO, Bidstrup PE, Doser K, Rugbjerg K, Pedersen C, Krøyer A, Johansen C, Andersen KK, Østergaard JR, Hove H, Sørensen SA, Riccardi VM, Mulvihill JJ, Winther JF: Multisystem burden of neurofibromatosis 1 in Denmark: registry- and population-based rates of hospitalizations over the life span. Genet Med 2020;22(6):1069-1078