Programme member elected to the Academy of Medical Sciences Fellowship. Professor Serena Nik-Zainal is NIHR Research Professor and Professor of Genomic Medicine and Bioinformatics in the Department of Medical Genetics and Early Cancer Institute. As an expert in studying ‘mutational signatures’, Serena is involved in the PRICKLE study, which is a single-centre, non-randomised phase 2a clinical trial investigating the feasibility of downstaging borderline unresectable pancreatic cancer.
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Members attending London Pancreas Workshop win poster awards | CRUK CC
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Our research team members - Giulia Biffi, Tony Coll and Steve O'Rahilly - co-authoured the review article "Cachexia: A systemic consequence of progressive, unresolved disease" published on Cell.
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Our clinical team published results of SIEGE trial on British Journal of Cancer. SIEGE trial is a randomised phase 2 study aiming to see whether sequential administration of nab-paclitaxel + gemcitabine 24 h apart could improve outcomes in patients with metastatic PDAC compared to standard delivery of 2 drugs on the same day
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Webinar: Ask me anything about… keeping fit with pancreatic cancer
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Programme members appear on BBC News
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Giulia Biffi receives funding award from PCRF
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Programme members and associates participate in a webinar (Ask me anything about pancreatic cancer) on World Pancreatic Cancer Day 2021
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Programme members raise awareness of pancreatic cancer and its symptoms on World Pancreatic Cancer Day 2021
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Fundraising by the Biffi lab on World Pancreatic Cancer Day 2021
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Two further students begin their PhD projects to investigate PDAC
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Fundraising for the CPCC by residents of Exning, Newmarket
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Charity event in Exning raises money for the Cambridge Pancreatic Cancer Centre
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Dr Serena Nik-Zainal awarded the Francis Crick Medal and Lecture 2022.
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Prof Stephen O’Rahilly awarded the 2022 Croonian Medal of The Royal Society.
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Jill Barker receives CUH ‘You Made a Difference’ Award for the second time
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Team CANCAN, including Dr Giulia Biffi and Prof Stephen O’Rahilly, has been shortlisted for a Cancer Grand Challenge award.
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Cambridge Pancreatic Cancer Centre awarded a £625,000 grant by Pancreatic Cancer UK to improve understanding of tumour-stromal and tumour-immune interactions in pancreatic ductal adenocarcinoma (PDAC)
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Dr Bristi Basu to take over as Programme Co-Lead from Professor Duncan Jodrell
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May 2021
Programme member, Professor Adrian Liston, appointed as a Fellow in the Academy of Medical Sciences.
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Mr. Siong-Seng Liau, Honorary Senior Clinician Scientist Fellow and Academic Consultant Hepatobiliary and Pancreatic Surgeon, has been awarded a Pancreatic Cancer UK Research Innovation Fund. Mr Liau has been awarded £108,000 over 2 years for his project, “Strengthening the immune system’s ability to fight pancreatic cancer”
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Researchers from the CPCC are part of a Stand Up To Cancer – Lustgarten Foundation Dream
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Researchers from the CPCC have identified a new pathway by which gemcitabine is broken down in tumour cells
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