The first Detect Cancer Early (DCE) Conference will be a one day seminar, aimed at everyone with an interest in the earlier detection of cancer in Scotland.

With a turning point in lifetime incidence due to an aging population, and 2016 marking the year cancer became Scotland’s biggest killer, early detection is more important than ever.

Successes are everywhere across Scotland – overall survival is improving, treatments are advancing, researchers are breaking boundaries on a daily basis and even more cancers are being found early.

The Detect Cancer Early Programme has played an integral role in Scotland over the last four years in a bid to save even more lives from cancer.

This event will look at the progress it has made to date, share examples of good practice and look ahead to the future challenges of improving Scotland’s five year cancer survival rates.

  • The Scottish Cancer Foundation Prize & Evans Forest Medal 2021

    Posted by Lauryn Monahan on Tuesday 6th December 2022

    Theme: outstanding contribution to the maintenance and/or recovery of cancer services during the COVID-19 pandemic. Winner: Miss Theofano Tikka, MSc, FRCS (ORL-HNS) Recently completed ENT Registrar training (West of Scotland Deanery) PhD candidate (Strathclyde University) Current post-CCT fellow at the Royal Marsden Hospital, London The Scottish Cancer Foundation Prize and

  • The Scottish Cancer Foundation 2022 Lecture

    Posted by Mary Burke on Monday 14th November 2022

    HOPES AND HYPES: THE ROLE OF GENETICS IN CANCER PREVENTION AND TREATMENT Professor Anneke Lucassen The Royal Society of Edinburgh in partnership with the Scottish Cancer Foundation recently held this event featuring Professor Anneke Lucassen, Professor of Genomic Medicine and Director of the Centre for Personalised Medicine, University of Oxford.

  • The 2019 winner of the Scottish Cancer Foundation Prize and Evans Forrest Medal is Dr. Christine Campbell from The University of Edinburgh.

    Posted by Mary Burke on Friday 12th November 2021

    Dr Campbell stood out to the Board of Directors due to her contribution to cancer screening, leading a series of research studies which have improved the understanding and effectiveness of screening programmes both in the UK and overseas. In addition, Dr Campbell’s work has sought to understand the factors that

  • New PhD Opportunity: Doctoral Training Fellowship in Cancer Prevention

    Posted by Mary Burke on Wednesday 21st April 2021

    DEADLINE EXTENDED TO 31ST MAY 2021 The Scottish Cancer Foundation (SCF) focuses on Cancer Prevention, and wishes to promote research, collaborative working across Scotland and public engagement in this area.  Accordingly, the Foundation wishes to invest in the future of Cancer Prevention by providing motivated early-career individuals with research training

  • The Scottish Cancer Foundation Prize & Evans Forrest Medal

    Posted by Mary Burke on Monday 21st December 2020

    The Scottish Cancer Foundation invites nominations for the 2021 Prize which will be for an individual or organisation that has made an outstanding contribution to the maintenance and/or recovery of cancer services during the COVID-19 pandemic. Applicants may be nominated or self-nominated. The applicant(s) must be living and working in