Dr Sam Merriel
Current positions
Honorary Senior Research Fellow
Bristol Medical School (PHS)
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Research interests
Dr Merriel is a GP with research interests including cancer prevention and early diagnosis, preventive medicine in primary care, the application of genomic medicine in general practice, and global health.
Publications
Recent publications
01/03/2024Association between patient ethnicity and prostate cancer diagnosis following a prostate-specific antigen test: a cohort study of 730,000 men in primary care in the UK
BMC Medicine
Exploring ethnic differences in the distribution of blood test results in healthy adult populations to inform earlier cancer detection
Family Practice
Optimising the use of the prostate-specific antigen blood test in asymptomatic men for early prostate cancer detection in primary care
British Journal of General Practice
Patient safety in actioning and communicating blood test results in primary care.
BMJ Open Quality
The diagnostic performance of CA-125 for the detection of ovarian cancer in women from different ethnic groups: a cohort study of English primary care data
Journal of Ovarian Research