The Nightingale Centre and Genesis Prevention Centre
Headed by Professor Tony Howell, the UK’s first Professor of Cancer Prevention, and supported by a team of internationally recognised experts including Gareth Evans, Professor of Clinical Genetics and Nigel Bundred, Professor of Surgery.
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Their work includes:
- Research into diet and lifestyle as triggers of the disease.
- Research into dietary prevention.
- Research into the faulty genes that can cause cancer.
- Risk assessment for women worried about the disease.
- A Family History Clinic, so that affected families obtain the best support, care and advice.
- Methods of early detection.
- Research into cancer-prevention drugs. Research into pre-cancer changes.
- Research into related diseases such as ovary cancer.
- Training breast cancer specialists for the future.