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Cancer Research

Cancer research

The cancer group comprises of a core research team, with members of other departmental groups working on internal and external collaborative studies, and offering specific methodological expertise.

Our team

Clare Bankhead

Associate Professor
Claire Friedemann Smith

Researcher - Suspected CANcer (SCAN) pathway
Alice Fuller

Research Officer
Carl Heneghan

Professor of Evidence-Based Medicine
Richard Hobbs

Head of Department
David Mant

Emeritus Professor of General Practice
Brian D Nicholson

Clinical Researcher
Richard Stevens

Associate Professor, Medical Statistics

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Selected publications

Cancer survivors' experiences of discharge from hospital follow-up
Journal article

Harrison SE. et al, (2012), European Journal of Cancer Care, 21, 390 - 397
Interpretation and acceptance of the term 'cancer survivor': A United Kingdom-based qualitative study
Journal article

Khan NF. et al, (2012), European Journal of Cancer Care, 21, 177 - 186
Cancer outcomes and all-cause mortality in adults allocated to metformin: Systematic review and collaborative meta-analysis of randomised clinical trials
Journal article

Stevens RJ. et al, (2012), Diabetologia, 55, 2593 - 2603

Primary Care Cancer Diagnostics

CAncer Safety NETting (CASNET)

CANDID

Loss Of Weight as a predictor of CANcer in primary care (LOWCAN)

Suspected CANcer (SCAN) Diagnostic Pathway

Safety netting to improve early diagnosis in primary care

International Cancer Benchmarking Project (ICBP)

CAPER M

DISCOVERY

PC-FIT - Primary Care Faecal Immunochemical Testing

PC-CA125 - Primary Care Cancer Antigen 125

Survivorship & End of Life Issues

Follow up After Colorectal Cancer (FACS)

PROSPECTIV

News and blogs:

Weight loss is an important predictor of cancer

10 April 2018
Safety netting can improve cancer detection in patients with vague symptoms

9 November 2016
Catching it early: netting the costs of earlier cancer diagnosis

5 April 2016
Adherence to cancer referral guidelines by GPs varies internationally

11 February 2016

Related research themes

A cross-department theme of primary care research in Oxford

Big data