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Gastrointestinal Cancers

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Gastrointestinal Cancers

Our research teams conduct innovative research into gastro-intestinal (GI) cancers spanning the digestive tract, including:

  • Upper aero-digestive tumours (head and neck)
  • Oesophageal and stomach cancers
  • Hepatobiliary tract tumours, including pancreatic cancer
  • Small intestine adenocarcinoma
  • Colorectal (bowel) cancer

Our GI research aims to reduce the likelihood of cancer progression and improve survival through:

  1. Identifying ways to personalize treatment so that the most effective treatment is given to individual patients, while other patients are prevented from unnecessary harm
  2. Discovery and clinical testing of new treatments that are resistant to our current treatments
  3. Identifying post-treatment factors, including lifestyle factors, that could improve survival or quality of life for GI cancer patients
  4. Better understanding of the biological mechanisms driving early and late-stage GI cancer, so as to inform treatment strategies.

 

Our researchers focusing on GI cancers are drawn from a range of disciplines: scientists, clinicians, epidemiologists, pathologists and bioinformaticians. Our interdisciplinary approach focusses on collaborative research between lab-based and data scientists, and clinical triallists, allowing for close working relationships between our researchers and clinicians.

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Prof Helen Coleman Prof Vicky Coyle  Dr Philip Dunne
Dr Jacqueline James Dr Emma Kerr Prof Mark Lawler
Prof Dan Longley Dr Simon McDade Prof Manuel Salto-Tellez
Dr Sandra Van Schaeybroeck Dr Richard Turkington Dr Ian Overton
Dr Lesley Anderson 

 

 

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