Dr Brooke Nickel: key facts
- Kind of voice
- Academic
- Role
- researcher at the University of Sydney's school of public health
- Quoted on
- Women's health & gynaecology, Cancer
- Tracked press citations
- 2
- Most recently quoted
- 29 Sept 2026
- First quoted
- 27 Aug 2026
“All three tests carry the risk of over-diagnosis, leading healthy people to seek out interventions they may not have ever needed.”
What Dr Brooke Nickel has said
“There is no robust evidence which demonstrates blood-based early detection screening tests improve health outcomes, including in higher-risk groups.”
researcher at the University of Sydney's school of public health · Cancer · 27 Aug 2026 · Ads call ovarian cancer a ‘silent killer’. But does urging women to undergo early detection testing do more harm than good? | Antiviral ↗
Where Dr Brooke Nickel has been quoted
- Influencers are promoting these three health tests – but they risk doing more harm than goodtheguardian.com · 29 Sept 2026
- Ads call ovarian cancer a ‘silent killer’. But does urging women to undergo early detection testing do more harm than good? | Antiviraltheguardian.com · 27 Aug 2026
Related media coverage
Recent UK press coverage of their topics — not necessarily citing them directly.
- Cervical Cancer Screening: Analyzing Recent Guideline Changes Against Current Trends of Human Papillomavirus (HPV) Risk FactorsCureus
- Spirit of Hong Kong Awards: biotech firm eyes cervical cancer test breakthroughSouth China Morning Post
- Emma Willis, 50, builds upper-body muscle with these 4 go-to exercises – ‘I do want to be strong’Women's Health
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