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The Marmot review: Lessons for cancer screening and prevention

March 18, 2020 Jamie Doorbar 1

A few weeks ago, on the 24th of February 2020, Michael Marmot released the newest review of his “Fair Society, Healthy Lives review”, detailing how […]

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Cancer Prevention Group’s Christmas reading list

December 13, 2019 Jamie Doorbar 1

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 […]

Smoking: it’s the end of the word as we know it. Report from the e-Cigarette summit.

December 2, 2019 Georgia Mannion-Krase 4

In this post Georgia Mannion-Krase (@GeorgiaMKrase) updates us on events at the E-Cigarette (EC) Summit held at the Royal Society on the 14th November 2019. […]

Global Perspectives on Screening: Sub-Saharan Africa

November 18, 2019 Jamie Doorbar 0

Changing burdens of disease When we discuss the burden of disease in regions such as Sub-Saharan Africa (SSA), our mind immediately jumps to examples such […]

Post-Brexit Deregulation Risks Asbestos Crisis

March 1, 2019 Jane Rigney 2

Post written by Rosie Rosati, Health Advocate Both the amount of asbestos in UK lungs and the UK mesothelioma rate below age 50 are declining […]

What is cancer screening?

January 18, 2019 Shama Sheikh 4

Cancer screening is never straight forward and can be confusing. We discuss some of the key concepts in cancer screening. You’ll find that we refer […]

Maintaining independence in a collaborative government structure

January 10, 2019 Jane Rigney 1

Post written by  Daniel Greenberg, Barrister specialising in legislation. Introduction by Peter Sasieni Much of cancer prevention needs to be viewed as a public health activity. […]

Does the quality and type of screening test matter when determining safe intervals between cervical screening tests?

December 20, 2018 Peter Sasieni 2

The question of “how often should women go for cervical screening?” has long been controversial. In the past, many countries recommended screening annually whereas in […]

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How much should we be willing to spend to introduce a public health intervention sooner?

October 5, 2018 Peter Sasieni 1

Public health interventions tend to be complex and need a lot of planning and preparation before they can be rolled out successfully. But how much […]

‘Drink Free Days’: Should we be Drinkaware aware?

September 17, 2018 Peter Sasieni 1

When two government advisers threaten to resign, we should perhaps take notice. Last week a senior government advisor quit, and a second threatened to resign […]

Cervical Screening Programme change in Wales: what has Cervical Screening Wales done about it?

August 29, 2018 Jane Rigney 3

Guest blog post by: Dr Simon Leeson (NHS Wales) On Monday 17th September, Wales will become the first nation in the UK to fully convert its cervical […]

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