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The Mysterious Case of an American Epidemic of Vaping-Related Lung Injuries

October 8, 2019 Peter Sasieni 1

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 […]

Five Minutes With: Professor Richard Sullivan

October 4, 2019 Guest Author 0

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 […]

The idea of a population

September 27, 2019 Guest Author 0

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 […]

Which screening guidelines are woefully inadequate?

September 20, 2019 Peter Sasieni 0

Following a high-profile article calling for a change in guidelines to make it easier for African Americans to be eligible for lung cancer screening, Prof […]

Highlights from the 2019 International Early Detection Summer School

September 13, 2019 Guest Author 0

Post written by: Dr Charlie Massie and Dr Daniel Muñoz Espín, Group Leaders, CRUK Cambridge Centre Early Detection Programme. In July this year the inaugural […]

Five Minutes With: Dr Jo Waller

September 3, 2019 Guest Author 0

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 […]

Isolines and Rabbit Holes: Adventures in ROC Space

August 2, 2019 Peter Sasieni 0

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, […]

Equality and Equity in Cancer Screening: How can we personalise interventions and still be fair?

July 19, 2019 Peter Sasieni 1

The classic American illustration explaining the difference between equity and equality is of three people trying to watch a baseball game from behind a fence. […]