The Association of Coloproctology of Great Britain and Ireland

BDRF

• Research Projects to date
  • How do sensory nerves work in the human bowel, and can we improve pain relief for people suffering from two chronic bowel diseases?
  • Is Ulcerative colitis caused by a bacterium?
  • Current bowel cancer screening tests are less than 100% accurate; what is the impact on patients� psychological well-being and ultimate survival if bowel cancer is diagnosed after a false negative screening result (that is, cancer not present) but
  • Regularly taking aspirin over a long period decreases the risk of developing bowel cancer: why?
  • In bowel cancer patients, does the internal scarring caused by radiotherapy still contain cancer cells, and therefore need to be removed in surgery along with diseased parts of the colon?
  • During keyhole surgery for bowel disease, will a new technique of pain relief lead to
• 2009 Round 1
  • How do sensory nerves work in the human bowel, and can we improve pain relief for people suffering from two chronic bowel diseases?
  • Is Ulcerative colitis caused by a bacterium?
  • Current bowel cancer screening tests are less than 100% accurate; what is the impact on patients� psychological well-being and ultimate survival if bowel cancer is diagnosed after a false negative screening result (that is, cancer not present) but
  • Regularly taking aspirin over a long period decreases the risk of developing bowel cancer: why?
  • In bowel cancer patients, does the internal scarring caused by radiotherapy still contain cancer cells, and therefore need to be removed in surgery along with diseased parts of the colon?
  • During keyhole surgery for bowel disease, will a new technique of pain relief lead to

2009 Round 1

How do sensory nerves work in the human bowel, and can we improve pain relief for people suffering from two chronic bowel diseases?
£52,242

Is Ulcerative colitis caused by a bacterium?
£30,000

Current bowel cancer screening tests are less than 100% accurate; what is the impact on patients� psychological well-being and ultimate survival if bowel cancer is diagnosed after a false negative screening result (that is, cancer not present) but
£29,608

Regularly taking aspirin over a long period decreases the risk of developing bowel cancer: why?
£28,077

In bowel cancer patients, does the internal scarring caused by radiotherapy still contain cancer cells, and therefore need to be removed in surgery along with diseased parts of the colon?
£10,000

During keyhole surgery for bowel disease, will a new technique of pain relief lead to
£7,812