20th June 2019
On Tuesday 11th June, Barts Cancer Institiute held their annual PhD Day, which celebrates the work of BCI’s postgraduate research students. The day provides a fantastic opportunity to for the students to showcase their work to fellow students and academics through oral and poster presentations.
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Congratulations to Professor Louise Jones who is the recipient of a RCPath Excellence Award, which celebrates excellence in pathology practice and promotes high standards in pathology education, training and research to deliver the best patient care.
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This week (10-16th June) is Cervical Screening Awareness Week, an initiative started by Jo’s Cervical Cancer Trust, which aims to raise awareness of the importance of cervical screening. In the UK, approximately 3,200 women are diagnosed with cervical cancer annually, making it the 14th most common cancer in women. Cervical screening, otherwise known as a smear test, can help to prevent cervical cancer, which claims 870 lives per year.
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Dr Bijendra Patel recently returned from a visit to Gaza, where he and his colleagues from the Royal College of Surgeons, England, are helping to develop essential surgical training and skills amongst local Palestinian health workers.
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Professor Peter Schmid, Lead of the Centre for Experimental Cancer Medicine at the Barts Cancer Institute, Queen Mary University of London, attended this year’s ASCO Annual Meeting and today presented updated survival data from the IMpassion130 trial.
Read more20th May 2019
Every 20th May, we celebrate International Clinical Trials Day. Clinical methods have evolved drastically over the years, and decades of honing this process has given rise to the present-day standard of clinical trials.
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