This research briefing on kidney cancer screening describes recent work at the University of Cambridge led by Dr Juliet Usher-Smith and Professor Grant Stewart. Kidney cancer is the 7th most common cancer in the UK and the incidence is projected to rise by 26% between 2014 and 2035, representing one of the fastest accelerating cancers within […]
SAFER trial to launch in Australia to prevent disabling strokes
The UK SAFER study of screening for undiagnosed atrial fibrillation in older adults will launch in Australia, in an extension called SAFER-AUS. The Australia Heart Research Institute’s Professor Ben Freedman, Dr Nicole Lowres and Dr Katrina Giskes have received a significant Medical Research Future Fund (MRFF) grant that is poised to transform Australia’s stroke-related healthcare. […]
New study finds bowel screening based on risk of disease, not age alone, could save lives
Using estimated individual risk of bowel cancer in England to determine when people should start being screened for the disease, may result in fewer bowel cancer cases and deaths. The findings are from a study led by Dr Juliet Usher-Smith (Prevention Group, Primary Care Unit) and Dr Chloe Thomas (University of Sheffield), funded by Bowel […]
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 […]
Research to test screening for common heart condition will involve 12,600 people in four regions of England
12,600 people will help test screening for a common heart condition which is known to be a trigger for strokes. A large new programme of health research on screening for undiagnosed atrial fibrillation, the heart condition responsible for one in ten strokes, is starting here in East Anglia, the North West, the East Midlands and […]
Perfect imperfections: the difficult balance between perceiving individual stories and large statistics simultaneously
Dr Rakesh Modi is a GP and Primary Care Unit researcher on the landmark NIHR-funded SAFER trial investigating screening to detect an undiagnosed heart condition responsible for one in ten strokes. Here he writes on the difficult balance between perceiving individual stories and large statistics simultaneously, and how both the pandemic and the SAFER trial […]