Global Perspectives on Screening: Sub-Saharan Africa
Changing burdens of disease When we discuss the burden of disease in regions such as Sub-Saharan Africa (SSA), our mind immediately jumps to examples such […]
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Structural racism – a root cause of health inequities?
We have all heard how cancer outcomes are poorer for people in low socioeconomic groups and those from ethnic minority backgrounds. Although I knew that […]
The idea of a population
Clinical predictions are based on past experiences of a given population. In this post David Armstrong, Professor of Medicine and Sociology at King’s College London […]
Isolines and Rabbit Holes: Adventures in ROC Space
There is an apocryphal story about Queen Victoria. Having enjoyed Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland, the queen requested a copy of Lewis Carroll’s next book. Carroll, […]
Survivor bias and cervical cancer audit: all is not what it seems
In todays post we discover how lessons learnt during World War two can be applied to cervical cancer audit. The Curious Case of the Missing […]
35 cancer prevention and screening blogs
When we launched this blog last year, we were not aware of other similar blogs. To celebrate our one-year anniversary we have compiled a list […]
10 must read papers from the last year
We are celebrating our first-year anniversary! We hope you have enjoyed our blog thus far. To celebrate we thought we would highlight ten (18 but […]
What is cancer screening?
Cancer screening is never straight forward and can be confusing. We discuss some of the key concepts in cancer screening. You’ll find that we refer […]
Consent in clinical trials
Is it ethical to enrol patients into a clinical trial without first obtaining their consent? Most people’s immediate reaction is “No”. But what should people […]
Random Thoughts on Randomisation
Is random fair? On the one hand, we feel than random selection is the fairest way to do things. Which side gets to choose whether […]