#ColorectalCancerAwarenessMonth ⭐️
@renehan_andrew & his team have produced world-leading research on #ColorectalCancer, involving the link to obesity & the investigation of organ preservation to avoid rectal cancer surgery.
Read about his team & their projects below 👇
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@renehan_andrew & his team have produced world-leading research on #ColorectalCancer, involving the link to obesity & the investigation of organ preservation to avoid rectal cancer surgery.
Read about his team & their projects below 👇
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Meet @NadinHawwash, a medical student intercalating on the new MB-PhD programme!
Nadin's research is part of the ABACus2 project, which is investigating the life-course exposure to body fatness & the related cancer risk!
Read about this project 👇
abacus-study.co.uk/abacus2/
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Nadin's research is part of the ABACus2 project, which is investigating the life-course exposure to body fatness & the related cancer risk!
Read about this project 👇
abacus-study.co.uk/abacus2/
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1/3 of high-risk rectal cancer patients will receive chemotherapy & surgery - the latter leading to co-morbidities.
@LeeMalcomson works on OnCoRe, a database which identifies non-surgery treatment alternatives such as a Watch-&-Wait strategy 👇
complete-response.com
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@LeeMalcomson works on OnCoRe, a database which identifies non-surgery treatment alternatives such as a Watch-&-Wait strategy 👇
complete-response.com
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Next up is @Thapashabnam1, a #PhD student investigating the benefits of implementing a watch-&-wait strategy in rectal cancer treatment & how patients value it.
This is a relatively new field of cancer health economics & funded by @CastH2020 👇
complete-response.com/valcore/
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This is a relatively new field of cancer health economics & funded by @CastH2020 👇
complete-response.com/valcore/
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Next up is @cslawinski1, an St5 colorectal surgery trainee & final year #PhD student!
Her research looks at chemotherapy dosing & toxicity to help understand how BMI influences colorectal cancer survival.
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Her research looks at chemotherapy dosing & toxicity to help understand how BMI influences colorectal cancer survival.
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Now it's big data time!
@lai_lana is a research associate conducting meta-analysis on a large cohort of patients (OCTOPUS Consortium) to examine the association of BMI & colorectal cancer survival.
Last year she won a #NCRI Award for her work 👏
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@lai_lana is a research associate conducting meta-analysis on a large cohort of patients (OCTOPUS Consortium) to examine the association of BMI & colorectal cancer survival.
Last year she won a #NCRI Award for her work 👏
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Meet @KatParmar, a clinical PhD fellow whose research aims to improve access to potentially curative surgery in colorectal liver metastases - this is part of both @CoNoR_Study & @CLiFF_Study.
Learn more about her work 👇
cliffandconor.com
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Learn more about her work 👇
cliffandconor.com
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Last up is @garima9436, a research associate @HealthEcon_MCR!
Her work also focuses on the watch-&-wait strategy & identifying factors that could help high-risk rectal cancer patients make treatment decisions!
Learn about the PrefCoRe project 👇
complete-response.com/prefcore/
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Her work also focuses on the watch-&-wait strategy & identifying factors that could help high-risk rectal cancer patients make treatment decisions!
Learn about the PrefCoRe project 👇
complete-response.com/prefcore/
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What an incredible #ColorectalCancer research group we have within DCS 🤩
The team would also like to say a huge thank you to @bowelcanceruk, @BowelResearch, @CR_UK & @WCRF_UK whose funding supports this vital colorectal cancer research 👏
#ColorectalCancerAwarenessMonth
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The team would also like to say a huge thank you to @bowelcanceruk, @BowelResearch, @CR_UK & @WCRF_UK whose funding supports this vital colorectal cancer research 👏
#ColorectalCancerAwarenessMonth
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