The paper “Preferences for cancer investigation: a vignette-based study of primary-care attendees” was published in The Lancet Oncology in 2014 and highlighted public preference for testing and investigation for cancer even at low levels of risk.
Authors: Jonathan Banks, Sandra Hollinghurst, Lin Bigwood, Tim Peters, Fiona Walter and Willie Hamilton
Fiona Walter is the SPCR training lead for the University of Cambridge. Sandra Hollinghurst received funding for a study looking at the relationship between multimorbidity and use of health care resources in the UK. She also co-supervises SPCR trainee Mairead Murphy. Willie Hamilton convened the School's Cancer theme from 2006 to 2008, when he was based at the University of Bristol.
Funding: The National Institute for Health Research Programme Grants for Applied Research programme.