Browsing Centre for Cancer Prevention by Subject "Neoplasms"
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Attitudes to multi-cancer early detection (MCED) blood tests for population-based screening: A qualitative study in Great Britain.
(2024-04)BACKGROUND: Trials are underway to test the clinical utility of multi-cancer early detection (MCED) blood tests for screening asymptomatic individuals. We sought to understand the acceptability of MCED blood test screening ... -
Cancer incidence in English children, adolescents and young people: past trends and projections to 2030.
(2017-12-05)BACKGROUND: Estimating the future incidence of cancer is important to establish sufficient service provision, however, work in this area is limited for cancer in children, adolescents, and young adults (aged 0-24). METHODS: ... -
Changing from face-to-face to virtual meetings due to the COVID-19 pandemic: protocol for a mixed-methods study exploring the impact on cancer multidisciplinary team (MDT) meetings.
(2023-04-19)INTRODUCTION: In the UK, the National Cancer Plan (2000) requires every cancer patient's care to be reviewed by a multidisciplinary team (MDT). Since the introduction of these guidelines, MDTs have faced escalating demands ... -
Clone competition as a mechanism to reduce tumor formation.
(2021-12-20)With age, clones carrying somatic mutations in well-known cancer driver genes progressively populate adult tissues, yet cancer transformation is rare. In a recent issue of Nature, Colom et al. showed that competition between ... -
Considerations for using potential surrogate endpoints in cancer screening trials.
(Elsevier, 2024-04-29)The requirement of large-scale expensive cancer screening trials spanning decades creates considerable barriers to the development, commercialisation, and implementation of novel screening tests. One way to address these ... -
Priorities for implementation research on diagnosing cancer in primary care: a consensus process.
(2023-11-27)BACKGROUND: The early detection and diagnosis of cancer to reduce avoidable mortality and morbidity is a challenging task in primary health care. There is a growing evidence base on how to enable earlier cancer diagnosis, ...