The Association of Coloproctology of Great Britain and Ireland

BDRF

• Research Projects to date
  • The role of new scanning methods in improving surgical technique and outcomes in more extensive pelvic surgery for recurrent and locally advanced primary rectal cancer.
  • Assessing the predictive accuracy of magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) in determining which low-rectal cancers require enhanced surgery.
  • Will gene therapy improve treatment of the painful skin condition pyoderma gangrenosum?
  • A Prospective Randomised Placebo Controlled Study of Percutaneous and Trans-cutaneous Tibial Nerve Stimulation in Idiopathic Faecal Incontinence.
  • Development of Optical Spectroscopy in the Diagnosis of Colorectal Cancer.
  • A novel approach to enhancing the effectiveness of chemotherapy: a biomarker driven study combining curcumin with FOLFOX in metastatic (spreading) colorectal cancer.
  • Metabonomic profiling of patients with recurrent colorectal cancer.
  • Characterisation of crypt cell changes as signifiers of risk of colorectal tumours (benign and malignant).
• 2009 Round 2
  • The role of new scanning methods in improving surgical technique and outcomes in more extensive pelvic surgery for recurrent and locally advanced primary rectal cancer.
  • Assessing the predictive accuracy of magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) in determining which low-rectal cancers require enhanced surgery.
  • Will gene therapy improve treatment of the painful skin condition pyoderma gangrenosum?
  • A Prospective Randomised Placebo Controlled Study of Percutaneous and Trans-cutaneous Tibial Nerve Stimulation in Idiopathic Faecal Incontinence.
  • Development of Optical Spectroscopy in the Diagnosis of Colorectal Cancer.
  • A novel approach to enhancing the effectiveness of chemotherapy: a biomarker driven study combining curcumin with FOLFOX in metastatic (spreading) colorectal cancer.
  • Metabonomic profiling of patients with recurrent colorectal cancer.
  • Characterisation of crypt cell changes as signifiers of risk of colorectal tumours (benign and malignant).

2009 Round 2

The role of new scanning methods in improving surgical technique and outcomes in more extensive pelvic surgery for recurrent and locally advanced primary rectal cancer.
£10,000

Assessing the predictive accuracy of magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) in determining which low-rectal cancers require enhanced surgery.
£5,000

Will gene therapy improve treatment of the painful skin condition pyoderma gangrenosum?
£30,000

A Prospective Randomised Placebo Controlled Study of Percutaneous and Trans-cutaneous Tibial Nerve Stimulation in Idiopathic Faecal Incontinence.
£7,000

Development of Optical Spectroscopy in the Diagnosis of Colorectal Cancer.
£30,000

A novel approach to enhancing the effectiveness of chemotherapy: a biomarker driven study combining curcumin with FOLFOX in metastatic (spreading) colorectal cancer.
£30,000

Metabonomic profiling of patients with recurrent colorectal cancer.
£10,000

Characterisation of crypt cell changes as signifiers of risk of colorectal tumours (benign and malignant).
£7,000