Judith Offman
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Judith Offman
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Senior Lecturer in Cancer Prevention and Early Detection at the Wolfson Institute of Population Health at QMUL. Specifically interested in improving access to cancer screening and implementing new screening tests, for example AI.
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In the UK, nearly 1 in 2 people will get cancer in their lifetime. It's World Cancer Day today – a global day to raise awareness and take action against cancer 🌍

Whatever your cancer experience, share this post and help us get the word out.

#WorldCancerDay #WCD2025
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February 4, 2025 at 8:09 AM
Reposted by Judith Offman
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It is important to follow the threat to science as it unfolds in the US. See the thread below
darbysaxbe.bsky.social Darby Saxbe @darbysaxbe.bsky.social · Feb 4
🚨BREAKING. From a program officer at the National Science Foundation, a list of keywords that can cause a grant to be pulled. I will be sharing screenshots of these keywords along with a decision tree. Please share widely. This is a crisis for academic freedom & science.
list of banned keywords
February 4, 2025 at 10:10 AM
Reposted by Judith Offman
cancerresearchuk.org
A new trial we’re funding uses an innovative ‘pill-on-a-thread’ test to screen people with heartburn for Barrett’s oesophagus, a condition that can lead to oesophageal cancer – and it's easier and cheaper than endoscopies. Read more: cruk.ink/best4
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November 28, 2024 at 1:06 PM