Project Lead(s)
Prof Dean Harris
ContactThrough this work we want to make it easier for thousands of patients in Wales with gastrointestinal cancers to access clinical trials
Prof Dean Harris ― Consultant Colorectal Surgeon
Research shows that cancer units with higher rates of clinical research activity achieve overall better outcomes for patients than units that are less research-active. This relationship is particularly clear for bowel cancer. There is recognised variance in cancer research activity between cancer treatment centres within Wales.
Through this innovative and ambitious project, Dean Harris and colleagues aim to put organisational capacity and processes in place to help increase the number and spread of bowel cancer patients offered the chance to participate in clinical trials. They will start this by:
- facilitating sustained cancer research participation within units that are less research-active
- piloting a support package to enable up to three currently less research-active endoscopy units to become fully research-active, recruiting high numbers of patients onto early cancer detection trials
- providing support for all-Wales collaborative bowel cancer research projects towards improved cancer outcomes
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