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 […]
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Health data will pave the route to patient empowerment – so long as it is conducted and managed in an ethical way
This post was written by 67Health in partnership with Data Saves Lives. 67Health is a healthcare communications agency. Data Saves Lives is a multi-stakeholder initiative with […]
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 […]
Beyond trust: collective understanding of the common good and patient data
This post was written by Dr Jessica Barnes, psychologist/behavioural scientist and qualitative researcher in the Cancer Behavioural Science Group at King’s College London. She is […]
Medical research and the double-edged sword of data protection
Just over two years ago, on the 25th of May 2018, the UK government implemented the Data Protection Act across the country. This was the latest […]
Medical research and the common law of confidentiality
In this series, members of our group, the wider research field & individuals from public interest groups will debate the use of patient data in […]
Cancer Prevention Group’s 2020 Christmas reading list
Following the success of our 2019 reading list (available here) we’ve decided to put together a list of 25 publications to celebrate the cancer prevention […]
5 minutes with: Dr Dorothy Lombe
Dr Dorothy Lombe is a clinical and radiation oncologist at the Cancer Diseases Hospital in Zambia & is a member of the International Task Force […]
5 minutes with: Dr Zipporah Ali
Dr Zipporah Ali is the Executive Director or of Kenya Hospices and Palliative Care Association (KEHPCA), and a member of the International Task Force on […]
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 […]