Liverpool Among New Breed of Super Cancer Centres
Liverpool is part of a unique chain of Cancer Research UK Centres being launched around the country.
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The Liverpool Cancer Research UK Centre brings together scientists, doctors and nurses to boost key areas of research that will produce the greatest benefits for cancer patients in Liverpool, Merseyside and
Cheshire. The Centre will also focus on tackling cancer in low income communities in the region, where more people die from the disease. The Centre is a partnership between Cancer Research UK, the Royal Liverpool University Hospital, Clatterbridge Centre for Oncology NHS Foundation Trust, the University of Liverpool, the Liverpool City Council, and the Merseyside and Cheshire Cancer Network. Liverpool is host to many world-class researchers, who are working to understand cancer and find new ways to treat the disease. This includes research to improve and refine surgery and radiotherapy, which are used to treat the majority of cancer patients. |
The University’s Department of Molecular and Clinical Cancer Medicine research concentrates on pancreatic cancer (working closely with the NIHR Liverpool Pancreas Biomedical Research Unit), head and neck cancers, and blood cancers (leukaemias and lymphomas) which are areas of particularly strong expertise at the Centre. Scientists there are also focusing on childhood cancer and tumours affecting the eyes. Larger national and international phase III cancer trials are led by The Liverpool Cancer Trials Unit.
The Liverpool Experimental Cancer Medicine Centre plays a big role in the Liverpool Centre by leading research programmes in ‘personalised medicine’ – developing treatments based on the genetic makeup of an individual’s cancer; and scientists are developing and testing new drugs for treating the disease.
The Centre brings together The University of Liverpool's basic and clinical scientists conducting dynamic interdisciplinary cancer research.
The Centre's seminars are held every Friday at 1pm in the Cancer Research UK Centre Lecture Theatre. All welcome to attend. The calendar of events is regularly updated and is available for download.
The University of Liverpool offers one of the best Ph.D. programmes in the U.K., and has been ranked 4th in a study of completion rates for Ph.D. students at universities by the Higher Education Funding Council for England (HEFCE).
The CRUK Centre Clinical Fellowship position closing date 31st Jan 2012.
Development Fund.Core Facilities:
- Technology
- Medical Statistics & Bioinformatics
- Useful reagents and Antibodies.
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Managers from local Cancer Research UK shops have been delighted to receive more than 513 bags worth |
| up to £15,390. Please keep your donations coming in so we can reach our new target of 350 bags. Collection points are in the Centre's foyer, Duncan Building, and DSO office. | |
