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The Bob Champion Cancer Trust
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The race so far...
The success of The Bob Champion Cancer Trust in the research field owes much to our policy of rapid assessment for funding of carefully selected research projects, thereby opening the way to early investigation of any potential advances in treatment.
The race isn't over yet...
Professor Colin Cooper outlines future research projects at the recently completed Bob Champion Centre for Urological Cancers...
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The success of The Bob Champion Cancer Trust in the research field owes much to our policy of rapid assessment for funding of carefully selected research projects, thereby opening the way to early investigation of any potential advances in treatment.
- The Bob Champion Cancer Research Unit within the royal Marsden NHS Trust Hospital at Sutton, Surrey was opened. Through the Research Unit, the trust has supported research into:
the frequency of cancer
hereditary aspects of cancer within families
the testing of high dose chemo-therapy treatments with bone marrow transplant
the fertility of patients after treatment
reducing the side effects from radiotherapy
targetting tumour cells and investigating tumour growth rate
psychological support for cancer patients
- The Bob Champion Lounge - a special leisure area, for those re-quiring long term in-patient care, was opened.
- The Bob Champion Research Centre for Urological Cancers was opened in conjunction with the insitute of Cancer Research - the first male dedicated cancer research facility in Europe.
Professor Colin Cooper outlines future research projects at the recently completed Bob Champion Centre for Urological Cancers...
With the building now finished, scientists have already moved into the new laboratories to begin setting up their specialised research programmes. The focus of the research will be improving prevention, early detection, and treatment of prostate and testicular cancers. Until recently, research on these male cancers was relatively limited.
However, at the new laboratories, scientists will be working hard to identify the cancer "genes" that lead to prostate and testicular cancer. One team is headed by Dr. Richard Wooster, responsible for cloning the BrCa2 breast cancer gene, who will be working with me to identify genes that could be useful in controlling prostate cancer. A second team, led by Dr. Ros Eeles, will be dedicated to researching a genetic test that could help to identify individuals at high risk of devloping prostate cancer.
The new Centre still has the space for more research teams - and raising funds to recruit an additional team is now one of our urgent goals. We need £1 million to fund a research programme which will investigate improved diagnosis and treatment for those suffering from prostate cancer. On behalf of everyone here at the centre, thank you for any help you can give to assist our research programme.
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The Bob Champion Cancer Trust is funding a research project in the laboratory of Professor Colin Cooper. Colin comes from Swaffham in Norfolk. He obtained his first degree at the University of Warwick and has trained at the National Institute of Health and at the Dana Farber Institute in the USA. Colin and his laboratory have been responsible for identifying cancer genes involved in the development of sarcomas, kidney cancer and, bladder cancer. These discoveries have underpinned the development of specific molecular tests for individual cancer types including synovial sarcoma. |
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