Exeter Collaboration for Academic Primary Care (APEx) Blog
Exeter Collaboration for Academic Primary Care (APEx) Blog
We know that the earlier cancer is diagnosed, the better the clinical outcomes are. Patients generally first present to General Practice with symptoms of undiagnosed cancer. However, in recent years there has been an expansion of clinical responsibility in other healthcare settings, and there has been a focus shift towards providing care to people closer […]
Written by Dr Luke Mounce From the 1st of November last year, my first big research project began with me as Chief Investigator, and Iād like to tell you all about it and my journey to get here! Itās called āCancerLearnā and aims to improve cancer diagnosis in people with learning difficulties. There are around […]
They say a tree falling in a forest, but with no-one to hear it, makes no sound. Well maybe, though Iāve always doubted it. Whatās clear is that medical research, if it doesnāt change practice, makes no sound. In this spirit was a conference in London last month. I co-led a successful HTA research bid […]
Doctors could soon be able to predict your individual chances of getting cancer and offer personalised detection and prevention, thanks to a new research project involving the University of Exeter. Today, Cancer Research UK, the National Institute for Health and Care Research (NIHR) and the Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council (EPSRC) are announcing Ā£10 […]
Wow, it has been an amazing year, and my first full year as Director of APEx (Exeter Collaboration for Academic Primary Care). I wanted to take this opportunity to give an overview of the year in some numbers. And there have been so many achievements over the past 12 months, that I am not going […]
Andrew, Celia, Neomi and Ayodele (left to right) The project: Clinical utility of neutrophil-to-lymphocyte ratio (NLR) in identifying patients at risk of cancer diagnosis in primary care: a cohort study using routine electronic health records Research group: Sarah Bailey, Richard Neal, Sarah Price, Luke Mounce, Liz Down, Tanimola Martins, Elizabeth Shepherd, David Shotter, Celia Butler, […]
Switching specialities mid-way through your medical career is hard work. Imagine moving from fast paced Obstetrics and Gynaecology to equally challenging night shift free General Practice. Add to that, trying to change the tracks of your research focus from largely secondary care based womenās health to primary care; it is fun to say the least. […]
In March this year, I attended the Southwest Society for Academic Primary Care conference along with Eve Kingston, Sarah Price and Luke Mounce. Eve and I had been accepted to present on work around the OSCA study (investigating non-attendance at cancer referral appointments in people with anxiety and/or depression), with Eve presenting her scoping review […]
Iām a GP and clinical research fellow, currently working on a Wellcome funded doctoral fellowship. My area of research is improving early cancer diagnosis in primary care and Iām developing cancer risk prediction models for symptomatic patients. Iām also really interested in machine learning and its increasing relevance to our research. My passion outside of […]
My name is Ge Chen, also known as Wawa. I am a graduate research assistant working in the DISCO group. The project I am currently working on involves combining genetic risk scores with routine test results to predict prostate cancer in primary care settings. The abstract of this project was accepted by the 2024 Ca-PRI […]