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Craig Brierley

Dec 10, 20245 min read

Combining kidney and lung cancer screening helps identify tumours before symptoms develop - YKST outcomes published

Combining screening for lung and kidney cancers is feasible and acceptable to participants.

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Carley Batley

Dec 13, 20231 min read

Risk-stratified kidney cancer screening - a review of the evidence

Risk-stratified screening for kidney cancer may improve early detection by targeting high-risk individuals

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Carley Batley

Nov 3, 20221 min read

Recruitment to Yorkshire Kidney Screening Trial ends

After 18 months, our groundbreaking kidney screening trial funded by Yorkshire Cancer Research, has closed to recruitment. Thousands of...

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Madeleine Doutney

Mar 29, 20221 min read

YCR release video detailing YKST's successes

Yorkshire Cancer Research have released a video which details the outstanding progress that the Yorkshire Kidney Screening Trial has made...

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Madeleine Doutney

Sep 1, 20211 min read

Yorkshire Kidney Screening Trial the highest recruiting trial in Leeds Teaching Hospital Trust

New data for April-July 2021 has demonstrated that the Yorkshire Kidney Screening Trial recruited 793 participants, making it the highest...

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Carley Batley

Jun 16, 20211 min read

Targeting kidney cancer screening at people at higher risk shows promise

New research from Yorkshire Kidney Screening Trial leads Professor Grant Stewart and Dr Juliet Usher-Smith shows that a risk stratified...

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Carley Batley

Feb 24, 20212 min read

Cambridge-led kidney cancer screening trial to start in Leeds

A new study, led by researchers at the University of Cambridge, will investigate the feasibility of developing a full kidney cancer screenin

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