Blog by Dr Fiona Walter, head of Cancer Group at the Primary Care Unit and co-director of the international CanTest collaborative Skin cancer is one of the most common cancers in the world, and the incidence is increasing. Could skin cancer detection be transformed by innovative technologies such as digital medicine and artificial intelligence, offering […]
Why do we need more than one diagnostic strategy to detect cancer early?
Blog by Dr Yin Zhou, GP and Wellcome Trust Primary Care Clinician PhD Fellow, Cancer Group at the Primary Care Unit The fast-track (or ‘two-week-wait’) referral pathway for suspected cancer was introduced in England in 2000 to expedite investigations and shorten diagnostic intervals in symptomatic patients. The criteria for fast-track referrals are based on […]
£5m CRUK award for Cambridge research to help GPs diagnose cancer
Research to improve the early detection of cancers in GP surgeries will be transformed with a £5m funding award from Cancer Research UK. The Catalyst Award, which aims to help researchers deliver trailblazing progress in their field with long-lasting results, has gone to the Cambridge-led CanTest project. The CanTest team, led by Dr Fiona Walter […]