Cancer Alliance Queensland

What Cancer Alliance Queensland does

Cancer Alliance Queensland (CAQ) is a Queensland Government health partnership established in 2004 that operates as a gazetted Quality Assurance Committee under section 82 of the Hospital and Health Boards Act 2011, administered through Metro South Hospital and Health Service on behalf of the Queensland Department of Health. The organization unifies three functions: the Queensland Cancer Control Safety and Quality Partnership (the governance body), the Queensland Cancer Control Analysis Team (QCCAT, the analytics unit), and the Queensland Cancer Register (QCR, the population-based statutory registry). Its mandate is to support clinician-led improvement of cancer services across Queensland's public and private healthcare sectors.

The core technology stack centers on QOOL (Queensland Oncology Online), a customizable web-based clinical cancer application that captures routine data, supports multidisciplinary team meetings, and integrates information from over 60 source systems. QOOL feeds into the Queensland Oncology Repository (QOR), which creates individually matched and linked personalized cancer records dating back to 1982 covering 326,000+ people. Supporting tools include QOOL Dash (near real-time clinical metrics with nightly refresh), the Cancer Data Explorer (public-facing dashboards), and QEAP (internal epidemiology portal). Regional extensions include QOOL Vic (Victoria) and QOOL-PNG (Papua New Guinea), with a new tumor-specific variant QOOL-CQR under development for brain cancer.

CAQ does not operate a commercial revenue model. Services are provided to Queensland Health, public/private hospitals, pathology laboratories, diagnostic imaging practices, clinicians, researchers, and policy makers without direct pricing. Funding flows through Queensland Department of Health appropriations, supplemented by competitive grants such as the $6M Medical Research Future Fund award for the Australian Brain Cancer Registry. The go-to-market is institutional rather than commercial, leveraging statutory authority and embedded clinical workflows rather than sales motions, with distribution occurring through direct integration with all Queensland Hospital and Health Services.

Name

Cancer Alliance Queensland

Legal name

Cancer Alliance Queensland

Website

https://cancerallianceqld.health.qld.gov.au

Company type

Private

Founded year

2004

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

11–50 employees

Short description

Cancer Alliance Queensland is a government health partnership operating Queensland's population-based cancer registry and QOOL clinical data platform since 2004, serving public/private hospitals, clinicians, and researchers with statutory authority under Queensland Health.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Healthcare Data Analytics

NAICS

Computing Infrastructure Providers, Data Processing, Web Hosting, and Related Services (518), Computer Systems Design and Related Services (54151)

SIC

Services-Health Services (8000), Services-Computer Programming, Data Processing, Etc. (7370)

akta.pro primary industry

Pathology Reporting, Synoptic Templates & Cancer Registry Interfaces (HLACAMAJ)

akta.pro secondary industries

Clinical & Claims Data Integration for Population Health (payer-provider data fusion) (HLACAHAI), Care Management & Coordination Platforms (case/disease management workflows) (HLACAHAD), Clinical & Translational Informatics (Clinical Data Integration/Real-World Data for R&D) (HLAGAJAF)

Keywords

• Cancer registry services
• Clinical data analytics
• Oncology decision support
• Population health data
• Quality assurance reporting

Headquarters

HQ city

Woolloongabba

HQ country

Australia

HQ region

Oceania

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Technology or R&D, Operations, Infrastructure, Supply Chain

Distribution channels3 records

Marketing channels4 records

Core offering

Cancer Alliance Queensland operates a healthcare data analytics platform combining a population-based cancer registry with clinical data systems and reporting tools. It delivers the QOOL clinical cancer application, the Queensland Cancer Register (QCR), and the Queensland Oncology Repository (QOR), which integrate data from 60+ source systems to support multidisciplinary teams, quality assurance, research, and public health planning across Queensland's public and private healthcare sectors.

Product overview

Cancer Alliance Queensland offers a unified platform architecture centered on QOOL (a customizable web-based clinical cancer application) that integrates data from over 60 sources to support cancer care across Queensland. The core ecosystem includes the Queensland Cancer Register (QCR) operating under legislative mandate, the Queensland Oncology Repository (QOR) housing centralized matched and linked cancer data since 1982, and supplementary tools including QOOL Dash for real-time MDT metrics, the Cancer Data Explorer for public cancer statistics, and the QCR Epi-Analysis Portal (QEAP) for internal research. Regional extensions include QOOL Vic serving Victoria. The platform enables population-level cancer monitoring, clinical quality assurance, and research across public and private healthcare sectors.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Brands

• QOOL: A customisable web-based clinical cancer application supporting multidisciplinary teams, care coordination, and research data collection. It integrates data from over 60 sources and supports patient management across Queensland health facilities.
• Queensland Oncology Repository (QOR)
• Cancer Data Explorer
• QOOL Dash
• QEAP (QCR Epi-Analysis Portal)

Products and services

• QOOL (Queensland Oncology Online) QOOL is a customisable web-based clinical cancer application that supports routine data capture, patient-focused information sharing, and data analysis for quality, safety, and research in cancer care, integrating data from over 60 sources for multidisciplinary teams, care coordinators, and researchers.
• Queensland Cancer Register (QCR) The Queensland Cancer Register (QCR) is a population-based cancer registry operating under the Public Health Act 2005 that maintains records of all cancer cases diagnosed in Queensland since 1982 (excluding primary basal and squamous cell carcinomas), with mandated notification from hospitals, pathology laboratories, and diagnostic imaging practices.
• Queensland Oncology Repository (QOR) The Queensland Oncology Repository (QOR) is a centralised data repository that compiles and collates cancer data from the Queensland Cancer Register, public and private hospital admissions, death data, treatment systems, pathology, and QOOL, creating personalised records for each cancer patient dating back to 1982.
• QOOL Dash QOOL Dash is a dashboard tool that visually transforms QOOL MDT data into near-real-time metrics and clinical indicators (including treatment timeliness, systemic therapy, radiotherapy, surgical rates, survival, and mortality), cross-referenced to population-wide reports with nightly data refresh within 24 hours of entry.
• Cancer Data Explorer The Cancer Data Explorer is a publicly accessible dashboarding tool that provides information on cancer incidence, deaths due to cancer (mortality), cancer survival, projections, and prevalence among Queenslanders with cancer.
• QCR Epi-Analysis Portal (QEAP) The QCR Epi-Analysis Portal (QEAP) is an internal data analysis portal available to Queensland Health employees for detailed or granular cancer statistics, replacing the decommissioned OASys tool.
• QOOL Vic QOOL Vic is the Victorian variant of the QOOL clinical cancer application, extending Cancer Alliance Queensland's data platform to Victoria in partnership with the Victorian Department of Health for cross-jurisdictional cancer data analysis and quality improvement.

Quantifiable outcome

• Over 326,000 people affected by cancer with QOOL records
• +1 more outcomes

Segments4 records

Ideal customer profiles4 records

Technology focussed Yes

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Feature6 records

Partnerships

15 partnerships are on record, tiered core, flagship and minor.

• Papua New Guinea Cancer RegistrycoreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 5 October 2023Partnership to assist Papua New Guinea establish a national cancer registry using QOOL-PNG web-based software. CAQ will host the system and provide support for the comprehensive cancer centre.
• Brain Cancer Biobanking AustraliacoreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 14 March 2023Partnership in $6M Medical Research Future Fund grant to establish Australian Brain Cancer Registry (ABCR). CAQ developing QOOL-CQR clinical quality register application.
• Victorian Department of HealthflagshipStrategic or Co-development PartnerCollaborative partnership with Victorian Department of Health for cross-jurisdictional cancer data analysis and quality improvement initiatives. Includes joint reporting on cancer services and national benchmarking.
• Sunshine Coast Health InstitutecoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerPartnership with Sunshine Coast Health Institute for collaborative research and clinical data initiatives in cancer care.
• ARC PortalcoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerPartnership with Australian Rare Cancer (ARC) Portal supporting rare cancer research and data collection for Australian patients.
• CanCo (Prospective First Nations Cancer Cohort)coreStrategic or Co-development PartnerCollaboration with University of Queensland on CanCo project for prospective First Nations cancer cohort research.
• Metro South Hospital and Health ServiceflagshipStrategic or Co-development PartnerPrimary host organization managing the operation of Queensland Cancer Register on behalf of Metro South HHS under Public Health Act 2005.
• Queensland Department of HealthflagshipStrategic or Co-development PartnerOperating in partnership with Queensland Department of Health to support and promote clinician-led improvement of cancer services.
• Clinicians and Healthcare FacilitiesflagshipStrategic or Co-development PartnerPartnership with clinicians, health facilities (public and private) and external organisations to support clinician-led improvement of cancer services in Queensland.
• AIHW (Australian Institute of Health and Welfare)coreStrategic or Co-development PartnerProfessional affiliation for national cancer data monitoring and contribution to ACCR (Australian Cancer Database).
• CSIROcoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerPartnership with CSIRO on brain cancer registry project, e-Health Research Centre collaboration.
• University of QueenslandcoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerPartnership with UQ School of Public Health for cancer research collaborations and CanCo project.
• Cancer Council QueenslandcoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerProfessional affiliation for joint initiatives in cancer control and research.
• Cancer AustraliacoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerNational cancer control agency partnership for policy alignment and national initiatives.
• CanteenminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerPartnership with youth cancer organisation for supporting young people affected by cancer.

Scale indicators4 records

Recent moves6 records

Expansion highlights5 records

Direct peers

• IKNL (Netherlands Comprehensive Cancer Organisation): Maintains the Netherlands Cancer Registry and provides clinical data, audit, and quality-improvement services comparable to CAQ's combined QCR + QOOL portfolio.
• Northern Ireland Cancer Registry: Population-based cancer registry covering Northern Ireland, operating within a university-hosted model similar to CAQ's hospital-and-government hybrid governance.
• NHS England — National Cancer Registration and Analysis Service (NCRAS): Operates England's national cancer registration system, integrating pathology, hospital, and treatment data. Comparable in scale, statutory role, and clinical-data integration approach to CAQ.
• National Cancer Registry Ireland: Population-based national cancer registry collecting incidence and survival data for the Republic of Ireland. Closely comparable in mandate and operating model to CAQ's Queensland Cancer Register.
• Cancer Institute NSW (NSW Cancer Registry): Operates the NSW Cancer Registry, an Australian state-level population-based cancer registry analogous to Queensland's QCR. Same statutory mandate, similar data integration scope, and direct jurisdictional peer within Australia's federated cancer-registry system.
• Finnish Cancer Registry: Long-standing population-based national cancer registry with extensive longitudinal data — comparable mission and population-coverage design to CAQ's QCR.
• Victorian Cancer Registry: Operates Victoria's population-based cancer registry. Functions as a direct peer to CAQ's QCR and is also a partner via the QOOL Vic deployment, sharing platform architecture and benchmarking data.

Broad incumbents

• Australian Institute of Health and Welfare (AIHW) — Australian Cancer Database: Aggregates state-level cancer registry data into the national Australian Cancer Database. Acts as the federal incumbent that CAQ feeds into and reports against at the national level.

Emerging players

• ConcertAI: Specialises in oncology real-world data and AI-driven clinical evidence generation. Comparable in clinical oncology analytics focus but operates as a commercial vendor rather than a public registry.
• Flatiron Health: Commercial US-based oncology real-world data platform serving research and pharma customers. Comparable in clinical oncology data focus but commercially oriented rather than government-mandated.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat5 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights7 records

Customer concentration

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Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles3 records

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments

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