Cervical Cancer Prevention Week
To coincide with Cervical Cancer Prevention Week, Jo Waller (@Jo_WallerKCL) has pulled together a summary of the research our group has been doing over the… Read More »Cervical Cancer Prevention Week
Artificial Intelligence in breast cancer screening – part 3: implications for the UK
In the third of our posts regarding the recent major international evaluation of AI in breast cancer screening, we consider what might be the implications… Read More »Artificial Intelligence in breast cancer screening – part 3: implications for the UK
Artificial Intelligence in breast cancer screening – part 2: international differences
Previously we reported on a major study evaluating AI as a tool to identify breast cancer on mammography. The results were impressive. In the UK,… Read More »Artificial Intelligence in breast cancer screening – part 2: international differences
Artificial Intelligence in breast cancer screening – part 1: are computers developing 20/20 vision?
Despite many technological advances in mammographic imaging over the last century, breast cancer screening is largely the same as it was when first studied 60… Read More »Artificial Intelligence in breast cancer screening – part 1: are computers developing 20/20 vision?
Cancer Prevention Group’s Christmas reading list
As the year draws to an end, we have been looking back and reflecting on the groups achievements in 2019. We decided that the best… Read More »Cancer Prevention Group’s Christmas reading list
Smoking: it’s the end of the word as we know it. Report from the e-Cigarette summit.
In this post Georgia Mannion-Krase (@GeorgiaMKrase) updates us on events at the E-Cigarette (EC) Summit held at the Royal Society on the 14th November 2019.… Read More »Smoking: it’s the end of the word as we know it. Report from the e-Cigarette summit.
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… Read More »Global Perspectives on Screening: Sub-Saharan Africa
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… Read More »Structural racism – a root cause of health inequities?
Five minutes with: Professor Kirsten McCaffery
Our “Five Minutes With” series seeks to discover what are the habits, inspirations and obstacles that have shaped the careers of leading cancer researchers and… Read More »Five minutes with: Professor Kirsten McCaffery
The Mysterious Case of an American Epidemic of Vaping-Related Lung Injuries
Deep down every epidemiologist imagines themselves as Sherlock Holmes: equipped with little more than a magnifying glass and a good brain, they dream of becoming… Read More »The Mysterious Case of an American Epidemic of Vaping-Related Lung Injuries