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The importance of pilot and feasibility studies
A group of five professionals sits around a table in a modern office, engaged in a discussion. They are smiling and appear to be collaborating, with documents and a laptop on the table.

The importance of pilot and feasibility studies

Researchers use these studies to identify and explore potential challenges before a main trial begins

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Why prevention must lead the way after the fourth UN High-Level Meeting on NCDs and mental health 
Inside the UN High-Level Meeting for NCDs: A large conference room filled with people listening to speakers at a panel discussion; two screens display three women presenting at the front of the room.

Why prevention must lead the way after the fourth UN High-Level Meeting on NCDs and mental health 

We were in New York to advocate for cancer prevention, where world leaders met to discuss how to reduce the global burden of non-communicable diseases

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Try our quiz on 1990s food trends
Delicious toasted pastry snacks

Try our quiz on 1990s food trends

What were those delicious toastable pastry snacks called? What curry-based song was released for the World Cup in 1998?

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More on oesophageal cancer

Greater food variety could cut risk of gastrointestinal cancers

Greater food variety could cut risk of gastrointestinal cancers

Risk of cancers including bowel, colon and stomach could be reduced by having a wide variety of food species in our diets

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Ultra-processed food heightens risk of mouth, throat and oesophageal cancers

Ultra-processed food heightens risk of mouth, throat and oesophageal cancers

Eating UPF can cause obesity, but that may not be the only factor linking highly processed food with upper aerodigestive cancers

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Exercise and outcomes in advanced oesophageal cancer

Exercise and outcomes in advanced oesophageal cancer

Will a pre-therapy exercise intervention improve the outcomes of patients with advanced oesophageal cancer?

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Latest news and blogs

The importance of pilot and feasibility studies
A group of five professionals sits around a table in a modern office, engaged in a discussion. They are smiling and appear to be collaborating, with documents and a laptop on the table.

The importance of pilot and feasibility studies

Researchers use these studies to identify and explore potential challenges before a main trial begins

Read more
Why prevention must lead the way after the fourth UN High-Level Meeting on NCDs and mental health 
Inside the UN High-Level Meeting for NCDs: A large conference room filled with people listening to speakers at a panel discussion; two screens display three women presenting at the front of the room.

Why prevention must lead the way after the fourth UN High-Level Meeting on NCDs and mental health 

We were in New York to advocate for cancer prevention, where world leaders met to discuss how to reduce the global burden of non-communicable diseases

Read more
Try our quiz on 1990s food trends
Delicious toasted pastry snacks

Try our quiz on 1990s food trends

What were those delicious toastable pastry snacks called? What curry-based song was released for the World Cup in 1998?

Read more

Latest research-related news and blogs

The importance of pilot and feasibility studies
A group of five professionals sits around a table in a modern office, engaged in a discussion. They are smiling and appear to be collaborating, with documents and a laptop on the table.

The importance of pilot and feasibility studies

Researchers use these studies to identify and explore potential challenges before a main trial begins

Read more
Try our quiz on 1990s food trends
Delicious toasted pastry snacks

Try our quiz on 1990s food trends

What were those delicious toastable pastry snacks called? What curry-based song was released for the World Cup in 1998?

Read more
How a lifetime of data provides lifelines for cancer research
Prof Janet Cade and colleagues celebrate 30 years of the Women's Cohort Study

How a lifetime of data provides lifelines for cancer research

Three decades ago, we funded an exciting project on women’s health. 30 years later, scientists and women from the study gathered to look back on what the UK Women’s Cohort Study has achieved

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Further research into breast cancer

Using mindfulness to reduce stress in breast cancer patients receiving chemotherapy

Using mindfulness to reduce stress in breast cancer patients receiving chemotherapy

This study assesses the effect of a 6-week online mindfulness program on stress reduction and related symptoms in women undergoing chemotherapy for breast cancer

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Identification of metabolic signatures related to stress and breast cancer risk and survival

Identification of metabolic signatures related to stress and breast cancer risk and survival

This study examines the associations between self-reported stress and breast cancer risk and survival, and then identify novel blood markers of stress

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Mapping the impact of obesity on the normal breast

Mapping the impact of obesity on the normal breast

This study examines how postmenopausal obesity affects breast cancer risk by analyzing breast tissue changes and testing anti-obesity drugs

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Further breast cancer research

Using mindfulness to reduce stress in breast cancer patients receiving chemotherapy

Using mindfulness to reduce stress in breast cancer patients receiving chemotherapy

This study assesses the effect of a 6-week online mindfulness program on stress reduction and related symptoms in women undergoing chemotherapy for breast cancer

Read more
Identification of metabolic signatures related to stress and breast cancer risk and survival

Identification of metabolic signatures related to stress and breast cancer risk and survival

This study examines the associations between self-reported stress and breast cancer risk and survival, and then identify novel blood markers of stress

Read more
Mapping the impact of obesity on the normal breast

Mapping the impact of obesity on the normal breast

This study examines how postmenopausal obesity affects breast cancer risk by analyzing breast tissue changes and testing anti-obesity drugs

Read more

Latest research-related news and blogs

The importance of pilot and feasibility studies
A group of five professionals sits around a table in a modern office, engaged in a discussion. They are smiling and appear to be collaborating, with documents and a laptop on the table.

The importance of pilot and feasibility studies

Researchers use these studies to identify and explore potential challenges before a main trial begins

Read more
Try our quiz on 1990s food trends
Delicious toasted pastry snacks

Try our quiz on 1990s food trends

What were those delicious toastable pastry snacks called? What curry-based song was released for the World Cup in 1998?

Read more
How a lifetime of data provides lifelines for cancer research
Prof Janet Cade and colleagues celebrate 30 years of the Women's Cohort Study

How a lifetime of data provides lifelines for cancer research

Three decades ago, we funded an exciting project on women’s health. 30 years later, scientists and women from the study gathered to look back on what the UK Women’s Cohort Study has achieved

Read more