Patients who have benefited from life saving experimental cancer treatments will join world class researchers for a public open day.
Patients who have benefited from life saving experimental cancer treatments will join world class researchers for a public open day.
The day's a great opportunity for people to get an insight into the latest cancer clinical trials and how we're getting the latest scientific discoveries from the laboratories to patients.
Linda Jones, Cancer Research UK
The open day will take place at the Cancer Research UK/NIHR Cambridge Experimental Cancer Medicine Centre, located at the Cancer Research UK Cambridge Research Institute, on the Cambridge Biomedical Campus next to Addenbrooke's Hospital, on Friday 26 November.
Cambridge is home to one of 19 Experimental Cancer Medicine Centres (ECMC) in the UK, which enable those who are no longer responding to conventional treatments to take part in clinical trials of the latest, most innovative new treatments.
Those trials will be presented to the public at the Centre during an open day on Friday November 26 between 9.30am and 4.30pm. There are 200 free places available on the day but anyone interested in attending must register before November 7.
Scientists, doctors, nurses and patients will explain how discoveries in the laboratory are developed into promising new treatments. And they will show how this exciting £35 million network - jointly funded by Cancer Research UK and the Department of Health - is really helping us develop powerful new treatments that are tailored to individual patients.
The open day is aimed at members of the general public and will involve a series of five presentations using straightforward language without medical jargon.
The presentations will range from 'detecting cancer early' to the use of chemotherapy and how scientists are testing drugs of the future.
Carlos Caldas, professor of cancer medicine at Cancer Research UK's Cambridge Research Institute, and Lead for the Cambridge ECMC, said: "We hope the day will be interesting and informative for everyone.
"The day's a great opportunity for people to get an insight into the latest cancer clinical trials and how we're getting the latest scientific discoveries from the laboratories to patients.
"Many people are surprised that such innovation is happening on their doorstep."
Linda Jones, Cancer Research UK's senior research nurse at the Cambridge Experimental Cancer Medicine Centre, said: "The generosity of patients donating samples such as tissue biopsies in clinical trials and studies is vital in supporting the important research into the development of better treatments and more tailored therapies.
"The ECMC has funded a team of nurses and support staff to work closely with scientists to allow more patients to take part in these studies here in Cambridge."
Refreshments will be provided.
The Cancer Research UK Cambridge Research Institute is a unique partnership between the University of Cambridge and Cancer Research UK. It is housed in the Li Ka Shing Centre, a state-of-the-art research facility located on the Cambridge Biomedical Campus which was generously funded by Hutchison Whampoa Ltd, Cambridge University, Cancer Research UK, The Atlantic Philanthropies and a range of other donors.
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