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On Wednesday, 8 June, our research programme made the news, appearing on Look North highlighting the importance of participating in the bowel cancer screening programme. Damian Tolan, Radiologist workstream lead was interviewed alongside colleague Aaron Quyn and talked about the excellent work our programme is doing to improve outcomes for bowel cancer patients in the...
Throughout the month of May, eight members of our team have been taking part in Step Out For Yorkshire, a Yorkshire Cancer Research fundraising campaign encouraging people to step outdoors and get moving to raise money for the charity. In total, our team walked an amazing 695 miles and raised £1,325 for Yorkshire Cancer Research....
We would like to welcome Kate Bartholomew as our new Patient Representative. Kate joined the programme earlier this year and helps ensure that there is a strong and effective patient voice in all of our work. “Bowel cancer is diagnosed in thousands of people every year, including me. I am involved in the Yorkshire Cancer Research...
On Saturday 7th May, the Yorkshire Cancer Research Bowel Cancer Improvement Programme exhibited at the University of Leeds Be Curious event. Be Curious is the University of Leeds annual research open event which aims to showcase how research at Leeds is making a world of difference to people’s lives. It is a fun and free...
The YCRBCIP team are excited to report that we have now recruited over 1000 patients to the PROMS and Tissue collection study being run as part of the Yorkshire Cancer Research Bowel Cancer Improvement Programme. Our thanks and congratulations to out to the research teams in our 14 study sites.
The Total Neoadjuvant Therapy Event will now be held online on the morning of 26th April 2022. This event was originally due to be held on 11th January 2022 but had to be postponed due to coronavirus. Details of the event and information on how to register are available on the event page here
The Total Neoadjuvant Treatment online educational event due to be held on 11th January 2022 has been postponed. A new date will be circulated to all those who registered to attend. If you are still interested in the event but have not yet registered please email our Project Manager, Hannah Rossington ([email protected]) to express your...
Yorkshire Cancer Research have announced that they will continue to fund our important research for a further five years with a funding boost of £2.1million. Philip Quirke, Professor of Pathology who leads our study said: “There is currently a postcode lottery in terms of treatment for bowel cancer. Our vision is to improve treatment for...
Registration is now open for three online education events. To register your interest and request an online invitation please contact Hannah Rossington [email protected]. The event dates and times are: Radiology Education Event - Wednesday 25th November 9.00 - 10.30 Oncology Education Event: Management of Rectal Cancers - Friday 11th December 14.00 - 15.30 Pathology Education...
Recruitment to the Patient Reported Outcome Measures (PROMS) part of the study has now re-opened. Ten sites which were previously recruiting patients have confirmed that they are now open.These are: Airdale, Bradford, Barnsley, Doncaster, Harrogate, Huddersfield Leeds Rotherham, Sheffield, York, Scarborough. In order to best optimise recruitment during the time of COVID-19, when face to...