2023 Christmas Reading List
Marking the end of another busy year for the Cancer Prevention Group, we have hand picked 15 of our published research highlights for your festive… Read More »2023 Christmas Reading List
Breast screening
CanScreen5: A programme to improve the quality of cancer screening programmes
CanScreen5 Cancer Screening in Five Continents (CanScreen5) is a project analysing the organisation and implementation of breast, cervical and colorectal cancer screening programmes worldwide. It… Read More »CanScreen5: A programme to improve the quality of cancer screening programmes
Increasing screening uptake among Muslim women: Can their faith help?
This piece was co-written by guest authors Dr Marie Kotzur and Dr Floor Christie-de Jong. Dr Marie Kotzur is a Research Associate in the School… Read More »Increasing screening uptake among Muslim women: Can their faith help?
5 minutes with: Professor Stephen Duffy
Stephen Duffy is a statistician by training, educated at the University of Edinburgh and Imperial College, London. He has worked in the UK, Singapore, France,… Read More »5 minutes with: Professor Stephen Duffy
How can we monitor improvements in early diagnosis?
This post was created by Amy Tickle, a Cancer Research UK-funded PhD student in the Cancer Prevention Group. Amy is currently in her second year… Read More »How can we monitor improvements in early diagnosis?
What are women’s views of personalised breast cancer risk assessment and risk-stratified breast screening?
This post was written by Charlotte Kelley Jones. Charlotte is a postgraduate research (PGR) student within the Faculty of Life Sciences & Medicine and School… Read More »What are women’s views of personalised breast cancer risk assessment and risk-stratified breast screening?
Feel It On The First: An interview with breast cancer previvor and survivor Gila Pfeffer
Gila Pfeffer is a Jewish American writer and humourist currently living in the UK with her husband and four teenage children. Gila is a 13-year… Read More »Feel It On The First: An interview with breast cancer previvor and survivor Gila Pfeffer
What will women think about introducing risk-stratification to the NHS Breast Screening Programme? A behavioural science perspective.
This post was written by Charlotte Kelley Jones. Charlotte is a postgraduate research (PGR) student within the Faculty of Life Sciences & Medicine and School… Read More »What will women think about introducing risk-stratification to the NHS Breast Screening Programme? A behavioural science perspective.
The Ageing Soma, Screening and All-Cause Mortality
Paul Pharoah is Professor of Cancer Epidemiology at the University of Cambridge, where he leads research on the molecular pathology of breast and ovarian cancer… Read More »The Ageing Soma, Screening and All-Cause Mortality
Breast screening for women in their 40s – what are we waiting for?
A friend of mine in her late 40s has just been diagnosed with breast cancer. Fortunately, she spotted it early and it sounds as if… Read More »Breast screening for women in their 40s – what are we waiting for?