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YORKSURe: urine self-testing kits
Investigating whether urine self-testing kits and community early detection clinics are an effective way of screening for bladder health problems including bladder cancer.

Improving surgical outcomes for bowel cancer
A randomised placebo-controlled phase III trial of the effect of the omega-3 fatty acid eicosapentaenoic acid (EPA) on colorectal cancer recurrence and survival…

Development of a Palliative Care Outcomes Registry
Asking individuals affected by cancer to report their symptoms and concerns, and how these change over time, is important in helping to improve their wellbeing and…

Development of a lung health intervention in the workplace
Not only does Hull have the highest number of smokers, it also has the highest number of lung cancer deaths in Yorkshire.

Improving delirium in Specialist Palliative Care Units (SPCUs)
Improving the detection, assessment, management and prevention of delirium in SPCUs

Incorporating the patient voice into quality improvement for cancer diagnosis in primary care
Significant Event Audit (SEA) is a method that GPs and primary care teams use to try and improve the quality of care that they provide.

Experiences of diagnostic pathways and cancer care during the COVID-19-pandemic
The lockdown and NHS reshuffle needed to deal with the COVID-19 pandemic had a big impact on cancer care.

Improving shared decision making in malignant bowel obstruction
An exploration of context-specific treatment pathways and experiences to inform intervention development for person-centred care

The Yorkshire Cancer Research bladder cancer patient reported outcomes survey
Bladder cancer is a common disease with worse outcomes in Yorkshire than the rest of the UK.
This research programme will develop a tool to assess patient reported…

PREHABS: Improving support for lung cancer patients
Recent advances in radiotherapy have resulted in an increased number of patients that can be cured of lung cancer. Increasingly, patients are surviving their lung…

Using enhanced imaging to improve lung cancer patient treatment options
This is a new Yorkshire Cancer Research funded study at the University of Sheffield and Sheffield Teaching Hospitals which will assess when novel medical images are…
