Experts Launch Digital Hub To Transform Bowel Cancer Prevention And Care

World-leading experts person launched an online level to alteration nan nationalist to style nan early of bowel crab investigation and diligent care. 

Each year, 42,000 group successful nan UK are diagnosed pinch bowel cancer, and 16,000 dice from it annually – which equates to 44 each day.

Sadly, nan North East of England has precocious rates of nan unwellness and mediocre outcomes, which has spurred nan COLO-SPEED squad astatine Newcastle University to motorboat an online level wherever members of nan nationalist tin actively lend to early bowel crab research.

We impulse arsenic galore group arsenic imaginable to subordinate america and motion up for this investigation level arsenic we activity to understand much astir bowel cancer.

As galore arsenic 44 group die from bowel cancer each time successful nan UK and galore of those deaths are preventable. Our investigation is aimed astatine preventing nan disease, or, wherever that is not possible, uncovering it early.

Together we tin trim nan number of group dying from it."

Colin Rees, Professor of Gastroenterology astatine Newcastle University, UK, and President of nan British Society of Gastroenterology

Vison to 'speed up research'

The COLO-SPEED squad (Colorectal Cancer Screening Prevention Endoscopy and Early Diagnosis) is starring immoderate of nan world's largest bowel crab investigation studies and was funded successful 2019 acknowledgment to a £985,000 assistance from The Sir Bobby Robson Foundation, portion of Newcastle Hospitals Charity

They person already recruited complete 25,000 patients to their studies and their imagination is to velocity up research, amended objective believe and prevention lives by transforming nan measurement studies are delivered.

Members to nan caller online level will beryllium offered nan opportunity to take if they wish to return portion successful a scope of activities, and tin determine really small aliases really overmuch they wish to beryllium involved, specified as:

- Co-developing caller investigation ideas and backing applications

- Taking portion successful investigation straight arsenic a participant

- Attending in-person and online diligent meetings

- Going to investigation showcase events wherever they tin meet researchers and study astir caller bowel crab studies.

The level will make investigation information and engagement easier than ever, enabling much patients and members of nan nationalist to contribute.

On behalf of The Sir Bobby Robson Foundation, Mark Robson, said: "When things weren't going good connected nan pitch, my Dad would look to alteration things. And that's really we felt astir COLO-SPEED erstwhile Professor Rees first approached america astir it.

"Here, we thought, was thing we could money that could really 'change nan game' pinch regards to bowel cancer.

"It is already making a tremendous quality and we look guardant to a early erstwhile moreover much group are capable to participate successful captious investigation to amended bowel crab discovery and treatment."

More than 3,000 group person already expressed an liking successful signing up to nan level and it is group to beryllium nan largest of its benignant successful nan world.

Anyone tin motion up, including those who person been diagnosed pinch bowel cancer, person knowledgeable being tested for it, aliases those who are simply keen to study much and lend to wider investigation but person nary acquisition of bowel crab aliases symptoms whatsoever.

Mary Glindon, MP for Newcastle East and Wallsend, said: "Bowel crab is simply a illness that affects galore people, peculiarly present successful nan North East.

"Supported by The Sir Bobby Robson Foundation, nan COLO-SPEED investigation level is seeking to importantly trim nan number of cases and deaths from nan illness.

"The Newcastle squad are delivering world-leading research, having recruited complete 25,000 patients into studies successful nan past fewer years.

"They are now looking to return this investigation further by signing up galore group to nan caller integer platform. I promote group to motion up arsenic we collectively effort to forestall and amended bowel crab outcomes."

Digital level a 'marvellous idea'

One personification who knows each excessively good nan value of bowel crab investigation is Former Newcastle and Scotland shot skipper Bob Moncur.

In 2007 he was diagnosed pinch nan information and was successful remission 9 months later. He is delighted by nan motorboat of nan caller integer platform.

He said: "I deliberation COLO-SPEED's integer level is simply a marvellous idea.

"Having had crab twice, I'm very grateful for each nan investigation that's going on. Really, I'm grateful to still beryllium present and beryllium talking correct now.

"It's a sad point to perceive nan North East is nan worst successful nan state for bowel cancer, but it's awesome that nan COLO-SPEED squad are doing thing astir that.

"People don't usually get to spot nan investigation arsenic its happening but here's a chance to get progressive pinch it."