2017 Early Diagnosis Research Conference: Programme and materials

The theme for the 2017 early diagnosis research conference was: Investigating, Innovating and Implementing.

See the programme and materials for day 1

See the programme and materials for day 2

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Download the delegate booklet

See the posters

See the conference report

Thursday 23rd February 2017

08:15 – 09:15	Registration and refreshments
09:15 – 09:25	WELCOME
	Sara Hiom, Director of Early Diagnosis & Cancer Intelligence, Cancer Research UK Download the presentation Download the session introduction
09:25 – 09:45	Sir Harpal Kumar, CEO, Cancer Research UK
	Driving Improvements in Early Diagnosis Download the presentation ! Content not working due to cookie settings. Manage your cookie settings here
	CANCER SCREENING ! Content not working due to cookie settings. Manage your cookie settings here
	CHAIR: Professor Chris Harrison, National Clinical Director for Cancer, NHS England
09:45 – 09:55	Amanda Dibden, Queen Mary University of London
	Screen detection of ductal carcinoma in situ and subsequent incidence of invasive interval breast cancers: a retrospective population-based study
09:55 – 10:05	Rosie Hinchliffe, Cancer Research UK
	Increasing participation in bowel cancer screening in Wales Download the presentation
10:05 – 10:15	Roberta Maroni, Queen Mary University of London
	Are second timed appointments for non-attenders effective in increasing participation to breast cancer screening? Download the presentation
10:15 – 10:25	Dr Christian Von Wagner, University College London
	Text-message Reminders in Colorectal Cancer Screening (TRICCS): A randomised controlled trial Download the presentation
10:25 – 10:55	Chaired panel discussion with session speakers joined by Professor Robert Steele & Dr Anne Mackie
10:55 – 11:15	KEYNOTE: Professor Patrick Bossuyt, University of Amsterdam
	The evaluation of new markers for early detection: from accuracy to consequences ! Content not working due to cookie settings. Manage your cookie settings here
11:15 – 11:35	Refreshment break
	PATIENT FACTORS IN TIMELY PRESENTATION & DIAGNOSIS ! Content not working due to cookie settings. Manage your cookie settings here
11:35 – 11:45	CHAIR: Dr Katriina Whitaker, University of Surrey Download the presentation
11:45 – 11:55	Dr Anjan Dhar, County Durham & Darlington NHS Foundation Trust
	The clinical and service impact of the national oesophago-gastric cancer awareness campaign: a locality analysis from County Durham Download the presentation
11:55 – 12:05	Dr Rachel Dommett, University of Bristol
	"Too young to get cancer?" Understanding the challenge of achieving a timely diagnosis for teenagers and young adults (TYA) in the South West of England Download the presentation
12:05 – 12:15	Dr Cristina Renzi, University College London
	Is help-seeking for cancer alarm symptoms influenced by comorbidities? A population-based survey in England
12:15 – 12:25	Dr Tanimola Martins, University of Exeter
	Ethnic variations in the use of primary care among men with symptoms suggestive of prostate cancer: a multi-methods study Download the presentation
12:25 – 12:40	Q&A with session speakers
12:40 – 14:00	Lunch and poster viewing
14:00 – 14:20	KEYNOTE: Professor Peter Johnson, Chief Clinician, Cancer Research UK
	Download the presentation ! Content not working due to cookie settings. Manage your cookie settings here UTILISING LOCAL DATA TO INFORM POLICY ! Content not working due to cookie settings. Manage your cookie settings here
14:20 – 14:30	CHAIR: Professor Aileen Keel, Director, Innovative Healthcare Delivery Programme (IHDP) Download the presentation
14:30 – 14:40	Matthew Barclay, University of Cambridge
	Missing data and chance variation in public reporting of cancer stage at diagnosis for different organisational geographies in England Download the presentation
14:40 – 14:50	Patrick Muller, London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine
	Evaluating metrics suitable for timely surveillance of variation in early diagnosis by Clinical Commissioning Groups Download the presentation
14:50 – 15:00	Lucy Young, National Cancer Registration and Analysis Service and Transforming Cancer Services Partnership
	Practice Profiles Plus: a resource for facilitating health professionals’ understanding of cancer metrics Download the presentation
15:00 – 15:30	Chaired panel discussion with session speakers joined by Dr Gary Abel & Dr Anthony Brzezicki
15:30 – 15:50	Refreshment break
	PATIENT PERSPECTIVE
15:50 – 16:00	Tom Haswell
	CLOSING REMARKS
16:00 – 16:20	Mrs Celia Ingham Clark, Medical Director for Clinical Effectiveness, NHS England
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16:20 – 18:20	Poster viewing and evening networking session

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Friday 24th February 2017

08:00 – 08:45	Registration, refreshments and poster viewing
08:45 – 09:00	KEYNOTE: Professor Willie Hamilton, University of Exeter
08:45 – 09:00	Recent effects of primary care improvement in cancer diagnosis’ Download the presentation
09:00 – 09:15	KEYNOTE: Dr Fiona Walter, University of Cambridge
	The next paradigm in cancer diagnosis: introducing the CanTest Collaborative Download the presentation ! Content not working due to cookie settings. Manage your cookie settings here
	OPTIMISING CLINCAL PRACTICE & SYSTEMS ! Content not working due to cookie settings. Manage your cookie settings here
09:15 – 09:20	CHAIR: Dr Jodie Moffat, Head of Early Diagnosis, Cancer Research UK
09:20 – 09:30	Dr Gary Abel, University of Exeter
	Predictors of practice level-variation in use of urgent referrals for suspected cancer and endoscopies in English primary care Download the presentation
09:30 – 09:40	Jeremy Brown, Imperial College London
	Symptom at presentation and risk of proximal versus distal colorectal cancer
09:40 – 09:50	Tania Seale, Bangor University
	Diagnostic Journeys in Myeloma (DJiM) Download the presentation
09:50 – 10:00	Dr Andrew Millar, North Middlesex Hospital
	Accelerate, Coordinate, Evaluate (ACE): Findings of the first Multidisciplinary Diagnostic Centre pilot Download the presentation
10:00 – 10:15	Q&A with session speakers
10:15 – 10:35	Refreshment break
10:35 – 10:55	KEYNOTE: Professor Niek De Wit, University Medical Centre Utrecht
	Diagnosing colorectal cancer in primary care; can we do better? Download the presentation ! Content not working due to cookie settings. Manage your cookie settings here
	INTERNATIONAL PERSPECTIVES
10:55 – 11:15	KEYNOTE & CHAIR: Professor Jon Emery, University of Melbourne
	The Improving Rural Cancer Outcomes Trial? What does it tell us about symptom awareness campaigns and GP educational interventions? Download the presentation ! Content not working due to cookie settings. Manage your cookie settings here
11:15 – 11:25	Professor Peter Vedsted, Aarhus University
	ICBP: From first symptom to treatment for breast, lung, colorectal and ovarian cancers – an international comparative study
11:25 – 11:35	Professor Sue Ziebland, University of Oxford
	The Good Citizen with cancer: managing an ambivalence in Sweden, Denmark and the UK Download the presentation ! Content not working due to cookie settings. Manage your cookie settings here
11:35 – 11:45	Dr Henry Jensen, Aarhus University
	Prognostic consequences of implementing cancer patient pathways in Denmark among symptomatic cancer patients in primary care: a comparative cohort study
11:45 – 12:00	Q&A with session speakers
12:00 – 12:20	KEYNOTE: Dr Georgios Lyratzopoulos, University College London
	The epidemiology of cancer diagnosis: Current problems, future directions Download the presentation ! Content not working due to cookie settings. Manage your cookie settings here
	CANCER DATA TO ACHIEVE NEW INSIGHTS IN CANCER CONTROL ! Content not working due to cookie settings. Manage your cookie settings here
13:40 – 13:50	CHAIR: Dr Jem Rashbass, ‎National Director for Disease Registration, Public Health England
13:50 – 14:00	Nicola Barnstaple, Scottish Government
	Detect Cancer Early – evidencing an effective approach to reducing health inequalities Download the presentation
14:00 – 14:10	Dr Laura Woods, London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine
	No ‘cure’ within 12 years of diagnosis amongst breast cancer patients who are diagnosed via mammographic screening: women diagnosed in the West Midlands region of England 1989-2011 Download the presentation
14:10 – 14:20	Dr Chiara Di Girolamo, London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine (late-breaking)
	The impact on survival of cancer waiting times from referral to first specialist consultation, diagnosis and treatment for selected cancers in England, 2009-2013 Download the presentation
14:20 – 14:35	Q&A with session speakers
14:35 – 14:55	KEYNOTE: Dr Anne Mackie, Director of Programmes for the UK National Screening Committee, Public Health England
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14:55 – 15:10	Refreshment break
	SPOTLIGHT ON LUNG CANCER ! Content not working due to cookie settings. Manage your cookie settings here
15:10 – 15:20	CHAIR: Dr Mat Callister, Leeds Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust
15:20 – 15:30	Dr Kate Brain, Cardiff University
	Impact of low dose computed tomography screening on smoking cessation among high risk participants in the UK Lung Cancer Screening trial Download the presentation
15:30 – 15:40	Clare Pearson, ACE programme (Cancer Research UK – Public Health England Partnership)
	Investigation of variation in optimal pre-diagnostic pathways in lung cancer patients in 2013 & 2014 using cancer registrations and the diagnostic imaging dataset Download the presentation
15:40 – 15:50	Dr Lucy Brindle, University of Southampton
	Prevalence of potential lung cancer symptoms in community, primary and secondary care populations using a standardised symptoms, risk and comorbidity questionnaire: a prospective study
15:50 – 16:00	Dr Edward Gaynor, NHS Liverpool Clinical Commissioning Group (CCG)
	Liverpool Healthy Lung Project: a proactive approach to finding undiagnosed early stage lung cancers in neighbourhoods with higher levels of socioeconomic deprivation Download the presentation
16:00 – 16:30	Chaired panel discussion with session speakers joined by Professor David Baldwin & Dr Anne Mackie
	PATIENT PERSPECTIVE
16:30 – 16:40	Richard Stephens
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	POSTER PRIZE CEREMONY
16:40 – 16:50	Sara Hiom, Director of Early Diagnosis & Cancer Intelligence, Cancer Research UK & Richard Stephens
	CLOSING REMARKS
16:50 – 17:00	Sara Hiom, Director of Early Diagnosis & Cancer Intelligence, Cancer Research UK
17:00	Conference close