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Institute of Medical Sciences

Cancer Medicine: Projects

Cancer Prevention and Early Diagnosis

Dr Neil Campbell
NexTime Study (educating people at high risk about the early symptoms of lung cancer)

Dr Maggie Cruickshank
TOMBOLA Trial of management of borderline and other low-grade abnormal smears

Prof Emad El-Omar
The role of chronic inflammation in GASTROINTESTINAL MALIGNANCY malignancy

Dr Paul Haggerty
Epigenetics, nutrition, the environment and breast cancer

Prof Steve Heys
Role of nutrition in carcinogenesis

Prof Paul Fowler
Environmental endocrine disruption and carcinogenesis

Dr Geraldine McNeil
Nutritional aspects of cancer focusing on obesity

Dr Russell Petty
Clinical trials informed by tissue and imaging markers

Dr Andy Schofield
Nutrient gene interactions; genetics of urological cancers; genetic factors involved in breast cancer

Dr Stefan Hoppler
Role of WNT signalling in colorectal carcinogenesis

Dr Heather Wallace
Role of polyamines in cell growth and apoptosis

Prof Andy Meharg
Arsenic and carcinogenesis

Dr Lucy Wisely
An RCT of HPV vaccine in cervical cancer prevention

Prof Harry McArdle
Biomarkers in the diagnosis of breast cancer

Prof Fiona Gilbert
MRI mammography in screening and early diagnosis

Prof Mark Vickers
Modelling stem cell kinetics: implications for haematological malignancies

Prof Klaus Wahle
Anti-oxidants/lipids and their role in carcinogenesis in targeted populations

Prof Phil Hannaford
Use of the Royal College of General Practitioners'' Oral Contraception Study to assess the long term cancer risks and benefits from oral contraception

Personalising Cancer Treatment

Dr Liz Delaney
Novel approached for personalisation of clinical management decisions by patients

Prof Fiona Gilbert
Use of dynamic contrast enhanced MRI to understand tumour processes during responses to chemotherapy

Prof Steve Heys
Surgical treatment of breast cancer; mechanism s of chemotherapy resistance in breast cancer, markers of response to treatment

Prof James N'Dow
Surgical treatment of urological cancer

Dr Roger Staff
Role of PET/CT scanning in the axilla in patients with breast cancer

Dr Russell Petty
Development of therapeutic agents targeting novel cell death pathways

Dr Elaina Collie-Duguid
Biomarkers of response to cancer chemotherapy

Dr Andy Schofield
Mechanisms of chemotherapy drug resistance in breast cancer

Dr Heather Wallace
Mechanism of chemoprevention of human cancers

Prof Marcel Jasper
Novel marine compounds and anti-cancer effects

Dr David Parki
Biomarkers of response to chemotherapy for ovarian cancer

Prof Jorg Feldman
Metal speciation in cancer

Prof Ruth Ross
Novel signalling pathway/biomarkers of metastases

Prof Mike Rogers
Bisphosphonates, tumour growth and metastases

Prof Mark Vickers
Immune response in lymphoma: implications for treatment

Aftercare for People Affected by Cancer

Dr Julie Bruce
Chronic pain after surgery for primary breast cancer

Dr Julie Bruce
Chronic pain after surgery for primary breast cancer

Prof Fiona Gilbert
Organisation of mammographic surveillance for women with breast cancer

Dr Sally Lawton
How can the specialist palliative care team best support primary care

Dr Peter Murchie
GP-led follow-up for melanoma

Dr Marianne Nicolson
GP led follow-up for melanoma

Dr Les Samuel
Shared follow-up for people with stable cancer

Prof John Swinton
Spirituality and its importance for patients with breast cancer CHART MAPS (study of aftercare of men after prostate cancer surgery)

Dr James McLay</strong>
Complementary medicine and uses in patients with cancer