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Welcome to the SCPN e-digest (Issue 5)

COP26 has dominated the headlines for the last few weeks and the impact of climate change needs to remain high on everyone’s agenda for years to come. Every nation, society and population needs to bring...

One size may not fit all – Addressing the challenges of prehabilitation

The best made plans….need patient involvement! The work of the Scottish Government’s Cancer Prehabilitation Implementation Steering Group continues, with working groups on nutrition, psychological health and digital support moving forward and identifying practical approaches to...

Sharing Experience

Highlights from the SCPN Blog

Don’t miss out and make sure you have signed up to the SCPN blog page https://scpnblog.wordpress.com/ to receive all of our latest blogs straight to your inbox. Here are some our most recent blogs:- ...

Drink Ahead?

It is less than six weeks to Christmas and already the marketing is in place to encourage indulgence and make up for the Covid winter of 2020. Celebration and sparkle for us all in the...

WCRF CUP Continuous Update Project

This work builds on the ground-breaking Third Expert Report and accompanying Cancer Prevention Recommendations, published in 2018 [https://www.wcrf.org/diet-and-cancer/]. Despite progress towards understanding cancer prevention, there is still much to learn. In addition, with improved diagnosis...

Research Round Up

If you have paid attention to our #scpnscience twitter posts over the last few months, you’ll have seen there has been some fantastic research published since our last e-digest! Here is a round-up of published...

News from the Scottish Cancer Foundation

Professor Sir Pat Forrest Obituary Professor Sir Pat Forrest, who founded the Scottish Cancer Foundation along with Professor John Evans, died at the age of 98 on August 7, 2021. He was truly one of...

Upcoming Events

Scottish Cancer Conference Monday 29 November 2021 For the first time in two years, the Scottish Cancer Conference is back, taking place on Monday 29th November 2021. This will be a unique gathering of organisations...

Alternative Advent

It’s that time of year again, and so to go hand in hand with our advent blog, here we present The SCPN’s ‘Alternative Advent’…. Commercial marketing has sold us that the Christmas countdown should include...

Welcome to the SCPN e-digest (Issue 4)

Summer ahead…the days roll on and vaccines roll out. Lots of talk of normality ahead but before that is catch up – a long catch up. The Scottish Cancer Recovery Plan is in action with...

Highlights from the SCPN Blog

Prehabilitation in Scotland

Cancer prehabilitation is an emerging field, with a growing evidence base that requires further evaluation in a Scottish context. As a result, the Scottish Government has convened a group of experts to form the Cancer...

Research Round Up

If you have been following our #scpnscience twitter posts over the last few months, you’ll have seen there has been some fantastic research published since our last e-digest! Here is a round-up of published articles...

The ActWELL study – breast screening could act as “trigger” for lifesaving lifestyle changes

The aim of the ActWELL study was to measure how well a weight management programme (ActWELL), delivered by Breast Cancer Now (BCN) lifestyle coaches, was at helping women lose weight and become more physically active....

Scottish Cancer Foundation 2021 Prize

July 26, 2021

The Scottish Cancer Foundation invites nominations for the 2021 Prize which will be for an individual or organisation that has...

A novel approach to increasing community capacity for weight management a volunteer-delivered programme (ActWELL) initiated within breast screening clinics: a randomised controlled trial

March 11, 2021

A novel approach to increasing community capacity for weight management a volunteer-delivered programme (ActWELL) initiated within breast screening clinics: a...