Cancer Prevention Group Blog

Cancer Prevention Group Blog

Research Today, Cancer Prevention Tomorrow

Month: May 2018

Data protection versus health protection

May 30, 2018 Peter Sasieni 1

On 25th of May 2018 the EU General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) went live. GDPR is designed to protect EU citizens from organisations using their data […]

To tell or not to tell – what should we do?

May 29, 2018 Peter Sasieni 1

The clinical director of the Irish national cervical screening programme Ireland, Dr Grainne Flannelly, resigned at the end of April. It was revealed that she […]

Is it safe to export cancer screening?

May 23, 2018 Peter Sasieni 1

A woman in the Republic of Ireland, Vicky Phelan, recently settled with a laboratory in America receiving $2.5million compensation for them missing abnormalities on her […]

The breast screening scandal: Part 1 – why did it happen?

May 18, 2018 Peter Sasieni 2

The Secretary of State for Health, Jeremy Hunt, announced in the House of Commons that 450,00 women missed out on breast cancer screening invitations due to an […]

The breast screening scandal: Part 2 – should women accept catch-up invitations?

May 18, 2018 Peter Sasieni 0

A group of doctors and health experts wrote to The Times urging women aged 70-79 who did not undergo routine breast cancer screening because of […]

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