Research

A new era of breast cancer prevention: Harnessing the epigenome 

Dr Chiara Herzog and Sara Sleigh blog about their recent research papers around better screening and prevention for breast cancer from the FORECEE project, part-funded by Eve.

I’m a womb cancer researcher and these are the things I want everyone to know 

Our Research Fellow, Dr Kelechi Njoku, blogs about the key things he wants you to know about womb cancer. 

New Rare Gynae Cancer Fund project: Developing a test to diagnose uterine sarcoma 

Thanks to your support of our Rare Gynae Cancer Fund, we have awarded a grant to Dr Esther Moss at the University of Leicester and NIHR Leicester Biomedical Research Centre, to develop a blood test to diagnose uterine sarcoma.

Research news: Second Eve Fellowship to try detect ovarian cancer in the early stages 

This fellowship aims to create a new blood test to detect ovarian cancer at its earliest stages when it is most treatable. 

Research news: Third rare gynae cancer fund project launched to predict the risk of vulval cancer in women with lichen sclerosus

Piloting HPV self-sampling tests

HPV self-sampling tests in primary care shown to be a game-changer for people who have not attended cervical screening 

Three new gynaecological cancer experts join Eve’s Research Advisory Committee 

Innovative new clinical test uses ‘DNA-methylation’ to pick up more cervical changes

Today positive results of the first large-scale clinical trial with the WID-qCIN test have been published in Nature Medicine.

Research news: Vaping shown to cause similar changes to DNA as smoking

Today new research was published which points towards vapes causing similar changes to cheek cells as smoking.

Research News: The first Eve Fellowship is announced!

We are delighted to announce our first Eve Fellow: Dr Kelechi Njoku