Multi-cancer detection tests (MCDs) task group
Updated 28 April 2026
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This register lists declarations made by members in respect of interests they have that are relevant to the remit of the UK National Screening Committee’s (UK NSC’s) multi-cancer detection tests (MCDs) task group.
Professor Steve Halligan (chair)
- interests listed on the ARG register.
Claire Bailey
- interests listed on the ARG register.
Dr Adam Brentnall
- interests listed on the RMG register
- Dr Brentnall is involved in the group as a subject matter expert but excluded from votes if a vote is needed when there is no consensus following discussion
Dr Thomas Callender
- Benefits in kind (travel, conference fees, and accommodation) received to attend the CRUK Early Detection Conference in Portland, Oregon (October 2025) to participate in a panel discussion on multi-cancer detection tests
- Author on a paper in the British Medical Journal on outcomes for multi-cancer detection test trials
Professor Stephen Duffy
- interests listed on the Adult Reference Group (ARG) register
- Professor Duffy is involved in the group as a subject matter expert but excluded from votes if a vote is needed when there is no consensus following discussion
Professor Gareth Evans
- interests listed on the ARG register.
Dr Rosalind Given-Wilson
- interests listed on the UK NSC register.
Professor Allan Hackshaw
- interests listed on the ARG register
- Professor Hackshaw is involved in the group as a subject matter expert but excluded from votes if a vote is needed when there is no consensus following discussion
Professor Karla Hemming
- interests listed on the RMG register.
John Hitchman
- interests listed on the ARG register.
Professor Chris Hyde
- interests listed on the UK NSC register.
Dr Rebecca Maclean
- interests listed on the ARG register.
Dr Jim McMorran
- interests listed on the ARG register.
Professor Katherine Payne
- interests listed on the UK NSC register.
Margaret Powell
- interests listed on the ARG register.
Professor Sir Mike Richards
- interests listed on the UK NSC register
- Prof Sir Mike Richards is involved in the group as an observer only
Professor Bethany Shinkins
- interests listed on the UK NSC register.
Professor Anne-Marie Slowther
- interests listed on the UK NSC register.
Professor Sian Taylor-Phillips
- interests listed on the UK NSC register.
Professor Jo Waller
- interests listed on the Research and Methodology Group (RMG) register
- Prof Waller is involved in the group as a subject matter expert but excluded from votes if a vote is needed when there is no consensus following discussion
Dr Stuart Wright
- interests listed on the ARG register.