LCTU Latest News
19th July - Egerton School of Dance Lab Tour
Members of the Egerton School of Theatre Dance visited the Centre for a Lab Tour on Thursday 15th July. The group
raised £2,200 for Cancer Research UK with a musical and dance extravaganza. The group met with Professor Ross
Sibson, Professor Neoptolemos, and members of Professor Barr's Group.
17th June - Liverpool Carer's Day
LEAD Manager Emma Squibb, Alan English of Liverpool Cancer Trials Unit and fundraiser Bernie Singleton
represented the Centre at Liverpool Carer's Day today. Around 1,000 people attended the event at St. George's
Hall. Lady Mayoress of Liverpool Hazel Williams stopped at our stall and wished us well in our work. Our stall
received a great many visitors, where we were able to tell people about the work of the Centre, hand out leaflets
and posters, and Bernie collected on behalf of Cancer Research UK.
Pancreas Club Meeting 2010
In May, the Pancreas Club held its 44th annual meeting. Douglas B. Evans, MD, from Medical College of
Wisconsin presents
Adjuvant
Therapy for Pancreatic Cancer: Is there a role for radiation therapy?
Alison Scott, Principal Physicist at Clatterbridge Centre for Oncology, was recently awarded the
Presidents prize at the IPEM (Institute of Physics and Engineering in Medicine) MPEC conference for
her presentation on “Modelling and measuring small radiotherapy photon fields”.
Alison has been using Monte Carlo modelling to examine the way small photon fields differ from the
larger (>3 cm) fields use more commonly for radiotherapy. These small fields are being used in more
centres to treat tiny lesions in the brain and also as part of a composite intensity modulated field
which aims to treat the tumour to a high dose whilst sparing abutting organs at risk.
Alison presented work on the variation with density of detector response for very small fields at
both the ESTRO conference (where her paper was selected as one of the highlights of the Tuesday)
and at The IPEM (Institute of Physics and Engineering in Medicine) MPEC conference, where her presentation
was awarded the
Presidents prize.
For an abstract from the IPEM conference, please click here.
Professor Francis Barr, NWCRF Chair of Molecular Oncology at the University of Liverpool Cancer Research
Centre is one of ten CR-UK-funded scientists to be elected to the European Molecular Biology Organisation (EMBO).
EMBO is a prestigious body that promotes excellence in molecular life sciences that recognises and promotes
internationally renowned leading life scientists.
Professor Barr is one of 66 leading life scientists who have been awarded membership of EMBO this year.
They join a select group of 1,420 of the world’s most prominent molecular biologists.
This award is a further indication of the excellence of the work carried out by the Liverpool
CR-UK Centre which will further serve to promote awareness of Cancer Research within the region,
nationally and internationally.
PACIFICO trial now open. The first patient was recruited on the 10th October 2009. For more information visit the
PACIFICO page
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