With the University of Cambridge Department of Public Health and Primary Care’s Primary Care Unit, Ca-PRI  hosted this 6th meeting of primary care and cancer research at Cripps Court, Magdalene College, Cambridge. Program and abstracts There was a lively mix of new research, topic updates, poster sessions and workshops. See the program and abstract book here. Presentations Here is a list of the presentations available from the meeting.  

Participants

There was plenty of time to meet with colleagues and establish new research collaborations.

See who participated here.

Conference Travel Awards

Cancer Research UK generously sponsored six travel awards: three Student Awards (available to Medical, Masters and PhD students) for £500 each and three Post-Doctoral Awards (available to those up to 5 years post doc) also for £500 each.

The winners were:

Emma Low, University College London, UK
Cancer Research UK Student Travel Award
O-03: Experience of symptoms potentially indicative of gynaecological cancers in UK women

Christina Dobson, Durham University, UK
Cancer Research UK Student Travel Award
P-06: Perceived delay in lung, colorectal, breast and prostate cancer diagnosis: analysis of data from the national GP audit

Louise Guldbrandt, Aarhus University, Denmark
Cancer Research UK Student Travel Award
P-18: Routes to diagnosis of lung cancer in Denmark

Gé Donker, NIVEL, Netherlands
Cancer Research UK Postdoc Travel Award
O-13: Cancer-related gut feelings among Dutch general practitioners

Katriina Whitaker, University College London, UK
Cancer Research UK Postdoc Travel Award
O-16: Cancer symptom appraisal in everyday life: a community based qualitative interview study

Photos from the meeting See photoes from the scientific program and from the dinner at Jesus College