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For Breast Cancer Awareness Month, we’re sharing an interview with Dr Sara Lightowlers, former Clinical Research Fellow at the CRUK Cambridge Institute and past affiliate of CRUK RadNet Cambridge. In this conversation, Sara reflects on her previous breast cancer research, her subsequent role as a Clinical Sustainability Fellow at the Cambridge and Peterborough Integrated Care Board, and discusses how global challenges, including climate change, may influence cancer risk and the ability of healthcare systems to deliver care.

Further reading and references – Sara highlights how climate change can affect cancer incidence and healthcare delivery. Explore more here:

On links between climate change and cancer incidence:
https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/33152...

On how climate-related events affect healthcare systems, including cancer care:
https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/30999...
https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/39779...
https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/31310...
https://www.theguardian.com/society/2...

Filmed in June 2025.