HPV Vaccination in Japan: The Journey to Resuming a National Immunisation Programme
This post was written by guest author Maddie Rose Baker. Maddie is an International Journalism Master’s student at City, University of London. She also is a […]
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‘The tragedy of thousands who need not die’: A history of cervical screening in England Part I
This post was written by guest author Scarlett Dargan. Scarlett read History at Churchill College, Cambridge. She is now studying for a master’s in journalism at […]
Building back better: How can cancer screening & prevention level up?
In the wake of the COVID-19 pandemic, the current government has committed to ‘building back better’ and ‘levelling up’ communities across the UK. These slogans […]
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 […]
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 […]
Cancer Prevention Group’s Christmas reading list
As the year draws to an end, we have been looking back and reflecting on the groups achievements in 2019. We decided that the best […]
Screening iconoclasm series: Are you putting too much value on positive predictive value?
If you read the previous blog from the screening iconoclast and know a little about screening, you might be thinking that the thing to do […]
Screening iconoclasm series: Don’t be overly sensitive about sensitivity
In this post, Peter Sasieni argues that sensitivity is over-rated. It is the first of a series of posts on “Screening Iconoclasm” in which we […]