July 2019 - Ca-PRI special - Garth Funston

Research Round-up

In our third and final Research Roundup recorded on location at the 2019 Cancer and Primary Care Research International Network (Ca-PRI) Conference held in Toronto in May, Dr Kristi Milley chats to Dr. Garth Funston. Garth is a General Practitioner, and Clinical Research Fellow with the CanTest Collaborative. In this episode, Garth discusses his current PhD research on the topic of evaluating tests and tools to diagnose ovarian cancer, with a specific focus on biomarker CA125. During the Ca-PRI Conference, Garth delivered a presentation titled ‘The association between CA125 level, diagnostic interval and stage at diagnosis in ovarian cancer: an analysis of CPRD and NCRAS data’. Garth discusses his use of big data to evaluate and improve the performance of cancer antigen 125 (CA125) biomarker as a test for the diagnosis of ovarian cancer in primary care. Show notes are available here http://pc4tg.com.au/research-round-up-research-round-up-july-2019-ca-pri-special-dr-garth-funston/