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Your July edition of the Early Detection and Diagnosis newsletter

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EARLY DETECTION AND DIAGNOSIS NEWSLETTER

Hi Voornaam,

We are celebrating outstanding contributions in the field of cancer early detection through this years Don Listwin award. If you know a colleague or team who has contributed to this field, celebrate their work by nominating them now.

The award will be presented at our international Early Detection of Cancer Conference in October. The conference itself promises to be the best one yet with a record-breaking number of abstracts submitted and an amazing line-up of speakers, including Professor Chris Whitty, England's Chief Medical Officer. Our tickets are limited and running out, register now to avoid disappointment, as we totally sold out last year.

We have highlighted other upcoming events to help you keep abreast with the latest developments in early detection and network with colleagues.

The ACED Summer School is designed for early career researchers to learn how best to evaluate early cancer tests. For those interested in cancer screening, our head of Policy Development, Kruti Shrotri, will be speaking at the Public Policy Exchanges forum on improving cancer screening through tackling COVID-19 backlogs, reducing inequalities and embracing new technologies.

Meanwhile, dont forget to register for the inaugural Data-driven cancer research conference if you are already working or interested in the use of cancer research data to drive discovery and innovation.

Finally, it was great to see several of you at our first prevention research workshop on the opportunities and needs for better biological model systems to enable precision prevention approaches.

As we move towards a future of more targeted and risk-stratified preventative interventions, there will be an increasing need to unite the expertise of the early detection and prevention research communities.

We look forward to seeing more of you at future events!

Kind regards,
David Crosby
Head of Prevention and Early Detection Research
Cancer Research UK

UPCOMING DEADLINES

Sep

Early Detection and Diagnosis Primer Award

07 September 2023

Sep

Early Detection and Diagnosis Programme Award

21 September 2023

See all funding opportunities

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SUBMIT A NOMINATION FOR THIS YEARS DON LISTWIN AWARD

Do you know a colleague or team who has contributed to the field of cancer early detection through an outstanding commitment or a singular achievement?

Nominate them for this years Don Listwin award to recognise and celebrate their work at our international Early Detection of Cancer Conference in October.

Previous winners include Sudhir Srivastava (NCI), Rebecca Fitzgerald (University of Cambridge) and Sanjiv Sam Gambhir (Canary Center at Stanford).

Nominate now

LATEST SPEAKERS ANNOUNCED FOR OUR EARLY DETECTION OF CANCER CONFERENCE

Places are filling up fast for our global conference on early cancer detection, taking place in London, 10-12 October, with a record-breaking number of abstracts submitted.

Join us and make the most of this great opportunity to expand your network and share insights with peers and experts from all over the world.

Recently announced speakers include Professor Catriona Jamieson (University of California San Diego) and Professor Sren Brunak (University of Copenhagen).

They join a stellar line up including Professor Chris Whitty, England's Chief Medical Officer, Professor Jon Emery (University of Melbourne) and Professor Clare Turnbull (Institute of Cancer Research).

JOIN ACED SUMMER SCHOOL IN SEPTEMBER

Registration is now open for this years ACED Summer School to address what's next after discovering a potential biomarker for early detection of cancer.

If you are a PhD student or an early career researcher, this programme will aid your research with required steps following initial biomarker discovery in the validation, development and translation of early detection of cancer testing.

The summer school will take place online from 4-8 September 2023, between 16:00-19:00 BST.

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CAMBRIDGE EARLY CANCER INSTITUTE FIRST SYMPOSIUM

The Early Cancer Institute is presenting its first Annual Symposium on 14 September to discuss the progress they made in the first year and future plans. The event is open for scientists of all career levels, as well as clinicians and representatives from industries interested in early cancer.

Keynote speakers are Professor Xin Wei Wang (National Cancer Institute), and Professor Rosn Owens (University of Cambridge).

Find out more

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IMPROVING CANCER SCREENING IN THE UK

Are you interested in discussing the state of cancer screening across the UK, current government initiatives and the governments future 10 Year Cancer Plan?

Join the online symposium organised by the Public Policy Exchange and hear from keynote speaker Kruti Shrotri, Head of Policy Development at Cancer Research UK, alongside Cameron Miller, Director of Policy & Strategy at The Brain Tumour Charity.

The event will take place on 24 August, addressing COVID-19 backlogs, inequalities and new technologies.

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KEEP UP WITH OUR PREVENTION RESEARCH UPDATES

Are you interested in knowing more about what were doing in prevention research?

Sign up to our mailing list to stay up to date with our initiatives to bring cancer biology into prevention, increase understanding of risk and use behavioural, pharmacological and immunological approaches to develop new ways to prevent cancer.

Youll also find out about our prevention strategy, funding opportunities and upcoming events.

DISCOVER OUR PROGRESS TOWARDS DIVERSITY IN FUNDING

Weve published our latest review of who has applied for and received our grant funding over the past five years. This years data show that were making progress in creating a more inclusive and diverse research community. Overall success rates for men and women who apply for our funding are equal, were receiving increasing numbers of fellowship applications from people from ethnic minority backgrounds and were providing targeted support to encourage more Black students into cancer research.

These are steps in the right direction, but were still not satisfied with the way things are. In our latest report, we talk about the programmes and people were working with to drive forward change and create a truly inclusive research community.

Read the report

JOIN OUR FIRST CHILDRENS AND YOUNG PEOPLES CANCER RESEARCH CONFERENCE

Working in childrens and young peoples cancer, or could apply your research to that area?

Join us for a one-day event uniting the best minds across multiple disciplines to showcase the excellence of end-to-end research across the UK.

Were curating a thought-provoking agenda delving into topics from unlocking the potential of data and drug development to the clinical trial landscape and what funding childrens and young peoples research looks like.

Join the community

REGISTER FOR THE MOLECULAR ANALYSIS FOR PRECISION ONCOLOGY CONGRESS

If youre working in precision oncology and translational research, join the MAP Congress 2023 for the latest breaking data in molecular profiling and personalised medicine.

Uniting globally recognised experts, the three-day congress focuses on the latest discoveries in precision medicine, cancer-stromal interactions and clonal evolution with a new RoadMAP to the Clinic day on 6 October covering more clinically-oriented aspects of molecular tumour classification and biomarker-driven drug development.

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REGISTRATION OPEN FOR DATA-DRIVEN CANCER RESEARCH CONFERENCE

If youre working with or interested in health or research data, you wont want to miss our new Data-driven cancer research conference. Through this event we hope to build a data community of excellence, enable new collaborations, and together unleash the potential of cancer data to drive discovery and innovation.

Join us at etc.venues in the heart of Manchester to hear about exciting data science and explore topics such as patient and public involvement in research design, health data access and the latest in AI approaches for cancer research.

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