A blood test to find over 50 cancers could be the future of early diagnosis
This blog was written by Mairéad Lyons. Mairéad is a Senior Consultant to YouScreen the HPV Self-Sampling study. She has been working in healthcare for […]
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Key new evidence that CT screening for lung cancer works
Following the publication of the NELSON trial earlier this month, Dr Rintoul, University Reader in Thoracic Oncology at the University of Cambridge and Honorary Respiratory […]
Which screening guidelines are woefully inadequate?
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 […]
Sponging the oesophagus to detect cancer earlier
We are celebrating the end of recruitment for the BEST3 Cytosponge™ Trial. In this post the BEST3 team in London and Cambridge tell us about this […]
The Art and Peril of Communicating about Cancer Screening
In this post Hilary Robbins, Scientist at the International Agency for Research on Cancer (IARC), discuses the art of communicating scientific information accurately. Whether or […]
Managing women’s cancers in Lynch syndrome
In this post Dr Emma Crosbie, Senior Lecturer & Honorary Consultant Gynaecological Oncologist, tells us about the first ever workshop to develop international standards of […]
The future could be bright for implementation of lung cancer screening in the UK.
Blog written by Rhian Gabe, Reader in Clinical Trials at Hull York Medical School. Rhian is the statistician for the Yorkshire Lung Screening Trial (YLST) […]