Medicine EPQ: Ethics or research based?

I am also keen on studying medicine and thought an EPQ may help in interviews, but struggling on a title.
I want to do something on the rise in colorectal cancer in the western world in the under 50s, discusing the effect of diet, activity and toxins/pollution. Any ideas? i thought of something like "to what extent can colorectal cancer be prevented in the western world" or "investigating the rise in colorectal cancer in people under 50 in the western world". - do these sound dull though?

I am also keen on studying medicine and thought an EPQ may help in interviews, but struggling on a title.
I want to do something on the rise in colorectal cancer in the western world in the under 50s, discusing the effect of diet, activity and toxins/pollution. Any ideas? i thought of something like "to what extent can colorectal cancer be prevented in the western world" or "investigating the rise in colorectal cancer in people under 50 in the western world". - do these sound dull though?

Depends on which you are comfortable and strong in carrying out really. Research based project gives you more room space to talk about during interview.
Not many medical schools look at scoring EPQ.
I did a research medical based project for my independent project (EPQ equivalent)

Thanks! When you say more “room space”?
I thought doing an ethics based would be more “impactful” as I was planning to relate it to the volunteering I had done at a hospice.(talking about palliative care)
If it’s ok for me to ask, did you ever mention your EPQ during your interview (assuming you applied for medicine)

I'm taking my UCAT next week, so no interview as of yet. I will be sure to talk about my research project if the interviewers were to ask about it during interviews, that is if I'm invited to one.
Examples - webinars that I attended with Cambridge thus far, EPQ is not their on their target. Likewise in the likes of Imperial College. They summarized comment: great you done EPQ, it is something to talk about during interview BUT its not scored. This summarises quite a number of medical schools (I would say a lot) opinion and approach to EQP - though Sheffield med school (smaller number in med schools) pays great attention to it.
Doing EPQ is great, but don't overlook your academic subjects - which are far more important.
When I mentioned more room space, say if you do an research based EPQ on how to find a cure in Ebola - background, methodology, trials (of course no one expects you to carry out a major trial for EPQ) or experiment, where the impact is high, it tend to spark more interests from med school interviewers over a reflection from volunteering. If you get what I mean. I am not in anyway demeaning the importance of volunteering, its important as I too do volunteering but the primary purpose of EPQ is to help prepare you in research and paper writing when you go to uni. In your case, I am presuming medicine too.

Thanks for your reply! Your information is really helpful. I was planning my EPQ around the ethics of palliative care, rather than just a reflection of my volunteering. I got really interested in palliative care due to my volunteering, and so was wondering if the fact that my EPQ was directly inspired by my work experience, would further show my commitment to medicine and how my work experience really inspired me, to interviewers.
Given that, would you still say a research paper would spark more interest from med school interviewers over an ethical paper?
And all the best in your UCAT!