Dr Garth Funston and colleagues have won the 2020 Research Paper of the Year for Clinical Research, awarded by the Royal College of General Practitioners, for their paper on detecting cancer in primary care. The research shows that CA125, a simple blood test available in primary care, is useful for ovarian cancer detection in symptomatic […]
How patients and the public are involved in research to improve the early diagnosis of cancer
Patient and public involvement in research: in this Primary Care Unit case study, we learn that the CanTest Collaborative has had PPI at its heart from the outset, aiming to improve the early diagnosis of cancer in primary care settings Summary: The CanTest Collaborative is a great example of how to include patients and members […]
GP views on the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on cancer assessment in primary care: results from the CanImpact study
New evidence on the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on GP assessment of patients who may have cancer indicates need for urgent action. The COVID-19 pandemic has dramatically influenced different aspects of patients’ cancer pathways, from diagnosis to treatment, mortality and survival. Implications are also likely early in the diagnostic pathway, from symptom presentation to […]
Research Alert: Improving screening for bowel cancer using risk stratification
Age is the most important risk factor for bowel cancer but many genetic and lifestyle risk factors have been identified. There is interest in whether information about these factors could be used to improve screening programmes for bowel cancer. See this article as a shareable feature In research funded by Bowel Cancer UK and led […]
Artificial intelligence techniques could help with earlier diagnosis of cancer in primary care: a systematic review
Artificial Intelligence (AI) techniques can be applied to primary care data to facilitate the early diagnosis of cancer, according to the first international review of studies on this topic. Promising studies applied AI techniques to some elements of the electronic health record (EHR), but did not incorporate all of the available data. Some commercially developed […]
Biomarkers for the early detection of upper-gastrointestinal cancers in primary care: a systematic review
A new systematic review guided by the CanTest Framework found that while there is a large number of biomarkers being developed for the detection of upper GI cancers, more evidence from evaluations in low-prevalence populations like primary care is still needed before their adoption in clinical practice can be recommended. Cancers of the stomach, oesophagus, […]
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