Cancer Research

Studying a step change in therapy options to improve the quality of life of lymphoedema patients.

The Medical and Life Sciences Research Fund is very pleased to support a significant collaboration between University Hospital Coventry and Warwickshire, University of Warwick and the University of Birmingham to improve breast cancer reconstruction.

Medical and Life Sciences Research funded trials with University Hospital Coventry and Warwickshire and Leicester Royal Infirmary aim to aid in early diagnosis of Hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC).

The biological clock, a.k.a. the circadian timing system, modulates behavior and physiology and synchronises human beings to the environmental cycles of night and day. For example, blood pressure rises along with heart rate even before we wake up to prepare us for getting out of bed.

Small cell lung cancer is an aggressive form of lung cancer notorious for its rapid progression and poor outcome. The average survival time from diagnosis is only 9 months.

We will evaluate a new, more sensitive and acceptable method to detect bowel cancer using a urine test. Bowel cancer is common and many people have advanced disease at diagnosis. Bowel cancer screening involves people with