Cambridge Conversations: Revolutionising medicine through the early and rapid detection of cancer

What if a simple test could predict cancer before the onset of any malignancy? What if doctors could target treatment before patients even become ill? Breakthroughs in research and technology made in Cambridge have the immediate potential to transform the way we practise medicine and deliver better clinical outcomes for millions. But will this be affordable and are there downsides to intervening before disease develops?

Join Professor Rebecca Fitzgerald, Professor of Cancer Prevention and Dr Jamie Blundell of the Department of Oncology, in conversation with Professor Patrick Maxwell, Regius Professor of Physic and Head of the School of Clinical Medicine, as they discuss the brave new world of cancer diagnosis and the steps we must take — and the ethical minefields we must avoid — in order to reach it.

SPEAKERS

Professor Patrick Maxwell
Professor Rebecca Fitzgerald
Dr Jamie Blundell