Artificial Intelligence (AI) aimed at detecting skin cancer is not yet ready for use in primary care settings, due to a lack of evidence in settings where the prevalence of skin cancer is low, according to CanTest researchers. The researchers emphasise that AI technology demonstrates promising results in detecting skin cancer in images from specialist […]
New research to improve diagnosis of prostate cancer
New research will discover how well the Prostate Specific Antigen (PSA) test works to catch harmful forms of prostate cancer in men visiting their GP. The CanTest team, from Cambridge and Exeter Universities, will then try out a new way to combine PSA results with other data to help improve the diagnosis of prostate cancer. Prostate cancer […]
Research on detecting cancer in primary care wins RCGP Research Paper of the Year award
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 […]
Reimagining the diagnostic pathway for gastrointestinal cancer
Blog by Dr Fiona Walter, head of the Cancer Group at the Primary Care Unit and Director of the CanTest Collaborative A crisis is looming for the diagnosis of gastrointestinal cancers, one grounded only partly in the steady increase in their overall incidence. Public demand for diagnostic tests to be undertaken early and at lower […]
Detecting cancer early in primary care – balancing cancer risks with potential for over-diagnosis
Blog from Dr Fiona Walter, Cancer Group, Primary Care Unit While UK cancer screening programmes currently detect 10-15% of cancers, the remaining patients initially present to primary care or the emergency services. Overall survival for most common cancers in the UK is improving due to treatment strategies, but research suggests that the time taken to […]