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« Back to News & EventsLargest ever UK study reveals stark ethnic and social inequalities in lung cancer diagnosis
8 November 2024
Research from Professor Julia Hippisley-Cox shows Bangladeshi men face highest risks, while people in deprived areas are twice as likely to develop lung cancer compared to affluent areas, with important implications for NHS screening.
Identifying early symptoms associated with a diagnosis of childhood, adolescent and young adult cancers
26 July 2024
Dr Defne Saatci and Professor Julia Hippisley-Cox aim to improve early diagnosis of cancers in this age group through earlier recognition of signs and symptoms.
Oxford Centre for Early Cancer Detection Symposium 2023 – a recap
14 December 2023
On Tuesday 5th December, the Oxford early cancer detection community gathered at the Mathematical Institute in Oxford to hear some highlights from OxCODE’s research in the past year and to discuss ideas for future projects.
Model to predict 10-year risk of breast cancer
24 August 2023
A team of researchers led by Professor Julia Hippisley-Cox have developed a new model that reliably predicts a woman's likelihood of developing and then dying of breast cancer within a decade.
New tool to predict people’s risks of getting oesophageal cancer
15 August 2023
A new study from Professor Julia Hippisley-Cox and colleagues offers hope for the earlier detection of oesophageal cancer
New tool uses health records to predict risk of developing lung cancer within the next 10 years
6 April 2023
A team of researchers from the University of Oxford and the University of Nottingham have developed ‘CanPredict’, a new tool able to identify those most at risk of developing lung cancer over the next 10 years, and put them forward for screening tests earlier, saving time, money and lives.
Assessing a combined approach for risk-stratified population screening for colorectal cancer
10 November 2022
Polygenic risk scores only modestly improve the predictive power of the QCancer-10 non-genetic risk score for colorectal cancer
Oxford Centre for Early Cancer Detection Symposium 2022 – a recap
4 October 2022
On Tuesday 13th September, the Oxford early cancer detection community gathered at Worcester College to discuss the latest developments in this field, sparking ideas and collaborations for future research.
Cancer at Oxford
29 September 2022
Read about how Oxford's experts are leading the way in cancer prevention, detection and treatment as part of the University's Cancer at Oxford series
Time-varying nature of clinical risk factors for pancreatic cancer may aid earlier diagnosis
28 June 2022
Body mass index, blood tests, comorbidities and medication use are temporally associated with cancer risk in the three years before a pancreatic cancer diagnosis.
First DeLIVER study day
14 June 2022
On Wednesday 8th June 2022, the DeLIVER consortium gathered for the first time to hear about the team’s progress towards the aim of detecting liver cancer earlier.
Early detection innovation award for Oxford researchers
17 May 2022
Professor Julia Hippisley-Cox and Dr Tingting Zhu win funding for their collaborative project on novel test technologies for patient triage in primary care.
Groundbreaking University of Oxford research could lead to early diagnosis of pancreatic cancer
27 January 2022
New research into the onset of diabetes which could go on to help in the early diagnosis of pancreatic cancer is being led by scientists at the University of Oxford.
Oxford cancer symptoms paper is the second most read paper in the British Journal of General Practice in 2021
21 January 2022
The team identified new symptoms that could help doctors diagnose pancreatic cancer.
Fewer cases of children’s cancer picked up during the COVID pandemic
12 November 2021
An Oxford study of cancer in children and young adults in England has found that fewer patients were diagnosed during the COVID-19 pandemic, but cancer diagnosis in children following admission to intensive care was higher.
New symptoms identified that could help doctors diagnose pancreatic cancer
8 November 2021
Dr Weiqi Liao and Professor Julia Hippisley-Cox have identified a series of symptoms associated with pancreatic cancer, including two previously unrecognised symptoms.
Prostate cancer risk tool
11 May 2021
A new calculator has been developed by Professors Julia Hippisley-Cox and Carol Coupland to help GPs prioritise patients at high risk of prostate cancer.
Funding to improve childhood, teenage and young adult cancer detection
25 March 2021
Dr Defne Saatci and Professor Julia Hippisley-Cox will develop risk prediction tools using the QResearch database to support the earlier detection of childhood, teenage and young adult cancer
OxCODE researchers at the Early Detection of Cancer Conference 2020
16 October 2020
Oxford’s early detection research was featured at this annual event.
Oxford-based QResearch secures funding for accelerating oesophageal cancer diagnosis
6 July 2020
Professor Julia Hippisley-Cox is collaborating on the University of Cambridge-led DELTA programme that aims to diagnose oesophageal cancer earlier.