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NHS trial of sponge-on-a-string test replaces need for endoscopy for thousands of patients

6 March 2024

A new test to help diagnose a condition that can lead to oesophageal cancer – developed by Cambridge researchers and trialled by the NHS – has reduced the need for invasive endoscopy in thousands of low-risk patients. It is very exciting to see the positive results of the NHS England real-world pilot for our capsule-sponge...

Rebecca Fitzgerald, photo credit David Vintiner

More Research, Less Cancer: Early Cancer Institute scientists back call for more support

22 February 2024

World-renowned Cambridge scientists, including Rebecca Fitzgerald and Serena Nik-Zainal, both from the Early Cancer Institute, have joined forces with Cancer Research UK to call on philanthropists to help tackle the disease.

Heartburn Cancer UK’s Heartburn Health Check units at The Lanesborough hotel

HCUK offers free heartburn health checks during Oesophageal Cancer Awareness Month, as it marks 20th anniversary

1 February 2024

This February, Heartburn Cancer UK (HCUK) is not only offering free heartburn health checks to mark Oesophageal Cancer Awareness Month, but also celebrating its 20th year as a pioneering charity dedicated to raising awareness of the dangers of persistent heartburn and Barrett’s oesophagus.

New trial brings screening for oesophageal cancer closer

9 January 2024

A man from Cambridge is the first to join the surveillance part of a clinical trial that could see routine screening for oesophageal cancer introduced into the NHS, potentially halving deaths from this cancer every year. The capsule sponge, known as the pill-on-a-thread, is a quick and simple test for Barrett’s oesophagus...

Rebecca Fitzgerald in conversation with Good Housekeeping

8 January 2024

good-housekeeping-logo.png On 29th December 2023, Early Cancer Institute Director, Professor Rebecca Fitzgerald, spoke with the popular magazine Good Housekeeping about her career and what motivates her work. She outlined how she has seen the cancer landscape transform since the start of her career in the 1990s. Back then...

World View: Academic clinician–scientists risk becoming an endangered species

5 January 2024

Stephen O'Rahilly, Professor of Clinical Biochemistry and Medicine at the University of Cambridge, has highlighted his concerns about the future of the clinician–scientist in an article in Nature Medicine.

Patient voices: Informed by research, transformed by research

1 January 2024

Elspeth Davies, a fourth year ACED PhD student in Social Anthropology, writes candidly about her experience of being diagnosed (or perhaps overdiagnosed), with an early stage melanoma, in an article published in the BMJ Evidence-Based Medicine - Patient Voices section.

Nature Medicine paper reflects on game-changing benefits of multi-centre collaboration in achieving sample sizes for studies into less common cancers

20 December 2023

The Oesophageal Cancer Clinical and Molecular Stratification (OCCAMS) Consortium was created in 2009 as a collaboration across the UK to better understand oesophageal adenocarcinoma (OAC). The aims of OCCAMS are: to develop a bioresource of samples with clinical data from patients with esophageal and gastro-oesophageal...

East Anglia Heartburn Cancer Awareness (HCUK) at the Mill Road Winter Fair

7 December 2023

A group from Early Cancer Institute and the Department of Oncology braved the weather at the Mill Road Winter Fair on Saturday 2nd December 2023 in support of Heartburn Cancer UK.

Peter Sasieni wins 2023 Don Listwin award

12 October 2023

Congratulations to Professor Peter Sasieni, Academic Director of the Kings Clinical Trials Unit at King's College London, who was presented with the 2023 Don Listwin award last night at the Early Detection of Cancer conference dinner. The award recognises outstanding contribution to cancer early detection.

NHS trial of sponge-on-a-string test replaces need for endoscopy for thousands of patients

More Research, Less Cancer: Early Cancer Institute scientists back call for more support

HCUK offers free heartburn health checks during Oesophageal Cancer Awareness Month, as it marks 20th anniversary

New trial brings screening for oesophageal cancer closer

Rebecca Fitzgerald in conversation with Good Housekeeping

World View: Academic clinician–scientists risk becoming an endangered species

Patient voices: Informed by research, transformed by research

Nature Medicine paper reflects on game-changing benefits of multi-centre collaboration in achieving sample sizes for studies into less common cancers

East Anglia Heartburn Cancer Awareness (HCUK) at the Mill Road Winter Fair

Peter Sasieni wins 2023 Don Listwin award

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