GPs Talk Cancer
By GatewayC, The Christie NHS Foundation Trust
Join two experienced GPs as they share their clinical knowledge and practical tips to support earlier cancer detection in primary care.
Dr Rebecca Leon and Dr Sarah Taylor bring their warmth, wit, and passion for earlier and faster cancer diagnosis. They discuss assessment, clinical decision making and the referral pathways they choose to get the best diagnosis and treatment. Rebecca and Sarah are regularly joined by special guests who are experts in particular cancer areas.
GPs Talk Cancer is brought to you by GatewayC, a national NHS-funded resource, dedicated to supporting primary care clinicians to improve early cancer detection.
Whilst this podcast may be of interest to everyone, it is aimed at primary care clinicians. Although all patient cases are based on real stories from clinical practice, they are fully anonymised with no identifiable patient data.
GPs Talk Cancer is released fortnightly on Tuesdays. Visit https://www.gatewayc.org.uk/ to learn more about GatewayC.
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Latest episode
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National Screening Programmes – Breast, Bowel and Cervical
Rebecca and Sarah discuss the importance, impact and limitations of the breast, bowel and cancer screening programmes in England, Scotland and Wales. Our GP hosts talk through how the three different screening programmes are operated, the benefits… -
Brain Tumours – "Only between 1 and 3 per cent of them will only have a headache."
Professor Catherine McBain joins our GP hosts Rebecca and Sarah to discuss how to spot brain tumours earlier in primary care. Professor McBain is a Consultant Clinical Oncologist at the Christie NHS Foundation Trust and the Greater Manchester Canc… -
Cancer In The Homeless Population – ”I often work to their agenda.”
Dr Wan-Ley Yeung, clinical lead of the GP Inclusion Health Service at Salford Primary Care Together, joins Rebecca and Sarah to discuss how to improve cancer diagnosis in patients with no fixed abode. They discuss the challenges of collecting data… -
Interpreting Blood Test Results – ”If they persist, we repeat things.”
This shorter, bite-size episode sees GPs Rebecca and Sarah discuss the challenges of interpreting blood test results in primary care. Topics covered include the PSA and CA-125 tests and the incidence of false positives and false negatives; red fla… -
Endometrial Cancer – ”Women in their 50s and 60s don’t normally have new-onset discharge.”
GPs Rebecca and Sarah discuss the risk factors for post-menopausal uterine cancer, symptoms like new onset discharge and visible haematuria, and why you should examine patients before referring them on the cancer pathway. Our GP hosts also cover t… -
Menopausal Side Effects Of Cancer Treatment – ”Separate duvets is a complete game-changer!”
**Please be aware this episode contains some mild swearing**In this bitesize episode, Dr Liz O‘Riordan joins our GP hosts Rebecca and Sarah again to talk about managing the menopausal symptoms of breast cancer treatment… -
Breast Cancer Recurrence – "It has to be on everyone's radar"
Listen in as our GP hosts, Rebecca and Sarah, are joined in this episode by Dr Liz O’Riordan - a best-selling author, speaker, podcast host and former breast cancer surgeon. Dr O’Riordan shares her tips that enable GPs to be swiftly alert to the s… -
Childhood Cancer – “Persistent parental concern“
GP hosts, Rebecca and Sarah are joined by honorary consultant paediatric oncologist Dr Guy Makin. Listen in as they discuss the incidence of childhood cancers, epithelial versus embryonal tumours, and the significance of unexplained sym… -
Myeloma – "Prevent that end organ damage”
In episode 12, we’re joined by haematology consultant Dr Suzanne Roberts to discuss myeloma. Dr Roberts explains what kind of pain to look out for – like back pain – in this type of blood cancer and how to tell the difference between a m… -
Palliative Care – "Try and see through the cancer fog"
In this special longer episode, we cover palliative cancer care with Professor Matthew Makin, a consultant in palliative care medicine. Dr Sarah Taylor and Professor Makin discuss assessing terminally ill/end of life cancer patients, how to manage…
