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 […]
Health inequalities
Cervical Cancer Elimination in Africa: where are we now and where do we need to be?
Union for International Cancer Control (UICC), International Agency for Research on Cancer (IARC), and African Cancer Registry Network (AFCRN) In April 2022, the UICC […]
Does the bowel cancer screening programme in England prevent deaths?
The NHS Bowel Cancer Screening programme is on track to meet its objective of reducing deaths from bowel cancer. Our recently published study, the first […]
Building back better: How can cancer screening & prevention level up?
In the wake of the COVID-19 pandemic, the current government has committed to ‘building back better’ and ‘levelling up’ communities across the UK. These slogans […]
Pride in Research: The legacy of erasure and the future of LGBT+ inclusive trials
Note: this author uses the term ‘queer’ to refer to both: people who did not have terms like ‘LGBT+’ during their lives; and as an […]
Is access to harm-reduction a human right? How the tobacco industry is still a colonial structure in post-colonial times
In this post, Georgia Mannion-Krase (@GeorgiaMKrase) updates us on events at the E-Cigarette (EC) Summit held virtually on the 3-4th of December 2020. In low- and middle-income […]
Can prediction models reduce racial/ethnic disparities in lung screening eligibility criteria?
Health inequalities are a growing concern worldwide. In this piece, Rebecca Landy and Corey Young from the Division of Cancer Epidemiology and Genetics in the […]