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Urological Malignancies Programme welcomes new co-lead Dr Brent O'Carrigan
From 1st February 2023, Dr Brent O'Carrigan joins Professor Grant Stewart as co-lead for the UM Programme. Brent replaces Dr Sarah Welsh,...
Carley Batley
Feb 1, 20231 min read
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Dr Sarah Welsh retires from Urological Malignancies Programme
After three years leading the UM Programme and 19 years in medicine, Dr Sarah Welsh is moving on to medical and scientific consulting....
Carley Batley
Jan 31, 20232 min read
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Recruitment to Yorkshire Kidney Screening Trial ends
After 18 months, our groundbreaking kidney screening trial funded by Yorkshire Cancer Research, has closed to recruitment. Thousands of...
Carley Batley
Nov 3, 20221 min read
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Urological Malignancies Programme Lead Professor Grant Stewart authors seminal review in The Lancet
UM Programme Lead Professor Grant Stewart has authored a seminal review for ‘The Lancet’ in which he and his international co-authors...
Madeleine Doutney
Jul 21, 20221 min read
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NAXIVA findings published in British Journal of Cancer
Findings from NAXIVA, the first clinical trial to evaluate neo-adjuvant downstaging of patients with the unique biological phenomenon of...
Madeleine Doutney
Jun 30, 20222 min read
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Research reveals how genetic mutations cause kidney cancer
A study has identified how common genetic alterations lead to the development of kidney cancer. Researchers from the University of...
Madeleine Doutney
Jun 9, 20223 min read
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Dr Sarah Welsh and Mr Tom Mitchell talk translational research in ICM Podcast
Dr Sarah Welsh and Mr Tom Mitchell talk about their translational research and how it has helped to determine cancer genetics in renal...
Madeleine Doutney
May 26, 20221 min read
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Watch Grant Stewart's John Fitzpatrick Award Lecture at IKCS:Europe
Professor Grant Stewart was awarded the John Fitzpatrick Award by the Kidney Cancer Association at IKCS: Europe 2022 in Antwerp, Belgium...
Madeleine Doutney
May 11, 20221 min read
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UM Lead awarded the John Fitzpatrick Award
UM Lead Professor Grant Stewart was awarded the John Fitzpatrick Award by the Kidney Cancer Association at IKCS: Europe 2022 in Antwerp,...
Madeleine Doutney
May 5, 20221 min read
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UM Lead Dr Sarah Welsh wins ACED Project Award
UM Lead Dr Sarah Welsh has won a prestigious ACED Project Award for a project entitled 'Comprehensive genomic analysis of tumour and host...
Madeleine Doutney
Apr 19, 20222 min read
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YCR release video detailing YKST's successes
Yorkshire Cancer Research have released a video which details the outstanding progress that the Yorkshire Kidney Screening Trial has made...
Madeleine Doutney
Mar 29, 20221 min read
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Two UM articles listed as 2020 'must reads'
Two articles authored by members of the UM programme have been named 'must read'. The final session at the 2021 European Association of...
Madeleine Doutney
Oct 28, 20211 min read
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UM Lead helps lay the foundations for effective trial design
UM Lead Professor Grant Stewart has cowritten an article in Contemporary Clinical Trials, entitled 'RAMPART; A Model for a...
Madeleine Doutney
Oct 13, 20211 min read
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Dr Sarah Welsh presents the translational results to the successful NAVIVA trial
UM Programme Lead, Dr Sarah Welsh, presented the translational results to the successful NAVIVA trial at the AUA's Annual Meeting last...
Madeleine Doutney
Sep 21, 20211 min read
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'DNA Repair in Urological Malignancies' - a breakfast meeting with Robert Hanson
Robert Hanson, a PhD student in Charlie Massey's lab is studying prostate cancer and developing markers of response and resistance to DNA...
Carley Batley
May 6, 20213 min read
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Cambridge-led kidney cancer screening trial to start in Leeds
A new study, led by researchers at the University of Cambridge, will investigate the feasibility of developing a full kidney cancer screenin
Carley Batley
Feb 24, 20212 min read
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Urological Malignancies Programme award moves biomarker research forward
"Mitochondrial ctDNA could add considerably to number of targets available for ctDNA-based assays."
Dr. Christopher Smith
Oct 14, 20203 min read
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