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CAPTURE: Cancer pain-assessment toolkit
This trial will investigate whether an existing pain assessment tool can be successfully adapted and introduced into oncology outpatient services across Yorkshire.…
University of Leeds
Aurora: Enhanced radiotherapy for rectal cancer
This trial will test whether radiotherapy can be made more effective for people with some types of advanced bowel cancer. The research will find out if new…
QUIT Programme
The QUIT Programme is a new initiative which will transform the way tobacco addiction is tackled in our hospitals, offering patients who smoke access to effective…
Queen's University Belfast
ABACus: Awareness and beliefs about cancer
A health check project designed to test ways to improve cancer symptom awareness and help-seeking in Yorkshire’s deprived communities was completed in December…
APPROACH Trial
The APPROACH trial, funded by Yorkshire Cancer Research and led by researchers at University College London, aims to test whether a physical activity mobile app can…
Improving radiotherapy for lung cancer
Radiotherapy treatment for lung cancer can sometimes damage the heart. Researchers at Leeds Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust have joined forces with The University of…
Bowel cancer improvement programme
The way hospitals treat bowel cancer varies significantly across Yorkshire. The Bowel Cancer Improvement Programme, funded by Yorkshire Cancer Research, assesses…
Foxtrot 2 and 3: Enhancing bowel cancer treatment
Can giving specific groups of patients a course of chemotherapy before surgery help improve survival rates? Two international clinical trials which make up this…
POINTER-PC: Enhancing radiotherapy for prostate cancer
A different way of treating people with prostate cancer is being investigated by researchers at the University of Leeds.
Led by Dr Ann Henry, a £1.1 million trial…
RURALLY: Investigating the response to cancer symptoms in rural areas
More than 85% of Yorkshire is rural and some of these areas have significantly higher rates of cancer when compared to England. Rural populations in the UK often…