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02/11/2017
Researchers Awarded £1.4m To Co-Lead Study On Prostate Cancer
Researchers in Belfast have been awarded £1.4million to co-lead a "game changing" study on prostate cancer.
Researchers at Queen's and the Institute of Cancer Research in London will focus on developing targeted treatment pathways specifically for men with advanced disease not yet resistant to hormone therapy.
It has been hailed as a "first of its kind" study to extend the lives of men with incurable prostate cancer.
Professor David Waugh, who is leading the research at Queen's, said: "This is a timely and exciting undertaking, which has the potential to significantly extend the lives of men living with terminal prostate cancer in the UK. This is more than just a clinical trial; researchers from both the lab and the clinic will be working side by side in a bid to bring about change as quickly as possible. As a result, we’ll be in a position to open the first arm of the trial to patients from as early as next year, whilst we continue to develop new treatments and precision medicine approaches in the lab."
The study has been co-funded by Prostate Cancer UK
Dr Iain Frame, Director of Research at Prostate Cancer UK said: "Every man’s prostate cancer is unique to him and so not surprisingly the way men respond to treatments varies enormously. Clinicians are in effect left to treat patients 'in the dark' – with little idea as to which treatments will work best for which men.
"However, this new research programme could be game changing, providing clinicians with the much clearer picture they desperately need. It will enable them to go straight to the right treatment for each individual man, saving precious time for those men who often have little time left."
(CD)
Researchers at Queen's and the Institute of Cancer Research in London will focus on developing targeted treatment pathways specifically for men with advanced disease not yet resistant to hormone therapy.
It has been hailed as a "first of its kind" study to extend the lives of men with incurable prostate cancer.
Professor David Waugh, who is leading the research at Queen's, said: "This is a timely and exciting undertaking, which has the potential to significantly extend the lives of men living with terminal prostate cancer in the UK. This is more than just a clinical trial; researchers from both the lab and the clinic will be working side by side in a bid to bring about change as quickly as possible. As a result, we’ll be in a position to open the first arm of the trial to patients from as early as next year, whilst we continue to develop new treatments and precision medicine approaches in the lab."
The study has been co-funded by Prostate Cancer UK
Dr Iain Frame, Director of Research at Prostate Cancer UK said: "Every man’s prostate cancer is unique to him and so not surprisingly the way men respond to treatments varies enormously. Clinicians are in effect left to treat patients 'in the dark' – with little idea as to which treatments will work best for which men.
"However, this new research programme could be game changing, providing clinicians with the much clearer picture they desperately need. It will enable them to go straight to the right treatment for each individual man, saving precious time for those men who often have little time left."
(CD)
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