Achieving earlier diagnosis of cancer: How can the wider primary care team contribute?
This post was written by Guest Authors: Alistair Thorpe, PhD and Jessica Sheringham, PhD Positions and affiliations: Dr. Thorpe is a Research Fellow in […]
Cancer Prevention
5 minutes with: Professor Rebecca Fitzgerald
Rebecca Fitzgerald OBE MACantab. MD FMedSci EMBO is Professor of Cancer Prevention at the University of Cambridge. She is Director of the newly established Early […]
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 […]
Cervical Screening and HPV Self-Sampling in Denmark
This post was written by Jesper Bonde, a molecular biologist specializing in human infectious virus, cancer and cancer prevention. He was educated in Denmark and […]
The Pathway to Cervical Cancer Elimination in Australia: An Interview with Megan Smith
Associate Professor Megan Smith (PhD MPH BE) is a lead researcher in the Cervical Cancer and HPV Stream at the Daffodil Centre, a joint venue between […]
The Fight for Global Health Equity: Eliminating Cervical Cancer
Cervical Cancer Prevention Week 2023 Today marks the start of Cervical Cancer Prevention Week: 23rd–29th January 2023. To celebrate, we are sharing a speech made […]
From Unlikely Allies to Global Elimination Strategy: the history of HPV and cervical cancer
This post is based on a longer, extended article from Lilly Matson, Cancer Research UK: Into the Archives: the story of HPV and cervical cancer […]
Cancer Prevention Group’s 2022 Christmas Reading List
As another year draws to a close, what better way to recharge over the festive break than to dive into our 2022 paper round-up. Sticking […]
Using registry data to evaluate early cancer diagnosis initiatives
This blog post was written by Amy Tickle, a third-year PhD student supervised by Professor Peter Sasieni. Amy’s PhD is looking at monitoring progress in […]
The new UK Institute seeking to detect cancer early enough to cure it
September saw the launch of the Early Cancer Institute at the University of Cambridge. The first physical location in the UK solely dedicated to research […]