COLO-SPEED
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Be part of the world’s largest colorectal cancer research group. COLO-SPEED studies include COLO-COHORT, COLO-DETECT & COLO-FIT.
United Kingdom
Joined November 2020
📣#BSGLive2025 - Award for Dr Christina Dobson📣. At last week's conference in Glasgow, @StinaMary presented findings from #ColoFC (which explored socio-demographic variation in symptomatic FIT return), and received an award for Best Flash Poster. Well done, Christina! 👏
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🏆#BSGLive2025 - Award For Dr Eleanor Hackney🏆. Congrats to #ColoCohort researcher Ellie for winning the Alistair McIntyre Prize for "EmPath" - a project she co-created to empower endoscopy trainees in recognising & managing Upper GI pathology via targeted study days. @RI_STSFT
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🌎Cancer Prevention Action Week🌍. Did you know that consuming alcohol can increase risk of #bowelcancer? . For #CancerPreventionActionWeek, we encourage you to sign @WCRF_UK's petition demanding a National Alcohol Strategy for #CancerPrevention.
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🛡️Preventing Bowel Cancer🛡️. In this article, @BottProf shares how prevention strategies—like lifestyle changes & screening—could halve your risk of #BowelCancer!. Read the article here: #CancerResearch #COLOSPEED #ColorectalCancer.#BowelCancerPrevention.
We are delighted to share BSG President Prof Colin Rees' article on 'Bowel cancer: how prevention could halve risk' 🙌 as part of the #BladderandBowel2025 Health Campaign launching in The Guardian and online:
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🔎Using AI To Detect Bowel Cancer Polyps🔍. In this article, @BottProf explains how AI was used in the #ColoDetect trial to detect 30% more #BowelCancer polyps!. Read the article here: . #CancerResearch #ColoSpeed #AIinHealthcare #ColorectalCancerResearch.
Check out BSG President Prof Colin Rees' article on 'AI detects 30% more bowel cancer polyps' 🤖 as part of the #BladderandBowel2025 Health Campaign launching in The Guardian and online:
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RT @RI_STSFT: The STSFT Research Conference was a huge success, thank you to our exhibitors, presenters, Monty the mobile research bus and….
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📢Christina Dobson at STSFT Research Day📢. Great to see @StinaMary present #COLOFIT findings at the STSFT Research Conference last week!. Christina shared insights on patient & practitioner perspectives around symptomatic FIT use. @RI_STSFT . #STSFTResearch #bowelcancerrsearch
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🎉Award for COLO-COHORT🎉. Huge congrats to Dr Eleanor Hackney, #colocohort Clinical Research Fellow, for winning 2nd place for Best Poster at the #NUCancer Conference, for her work examining the value of repeat Faecal Immunochemical Testing (FIT)! 👏. #COLOSPEED #bowelcancer
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📣COLO-SPEED at the NUCancer Conference📣. Great to see Professor Linda Sharp & Emily Haworth share #colospeed research at #NUCancer!. Emily presented #colofc findings on socio-demographic variation in FIT completion, while Linda discussed many of the projects within COLO-SPEED.
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🎙Our Researchers @ Pint of Science!🎙. Last night, #colocohort researcher Dr Guy Taylor gave a talk for @pintofscience on research into medication adherence, with fellow @UniofNewcastle cancer researcher Lara Forster discussing the use & accessibility of health data in research.
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📣COLO-SPEED PPI Group Meeting📣. Our next patient group meet-up for people affected by #bowelcancer in the Northeast will be taking place 2-3:30pm this Thursday, 22nd May! . Email us at "colospeed@newcastle.ac.uk" to find out more and to let us know if you would like to attend!
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📄COLO-SPIRIT Publication📄. #colospirit study has published a qualitative paper in European Journal of Oncology Nursing, exploring experiences of healthcare access and provision for patients with chronic bowel symptoms following pelvic radiotherapy:.
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🔎Using AI To Prevent Bowel Cancer!🔍. Earlier this month, #colospeed Principal Investigator @BottProf hosted a lecture outlining how the #colodetect trial used AI to analyse potential bowel abnormalities during colonoscopy!. Watch the full lecture here: .
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🔬#colospeed At The Grainger Market🔬. The team had fun sharing our research with the public last week for #BowelCancerAwarenessMonth!. This was a great opportunity to promote our new Patient & Public Involvement Group - click the link to find out more: .
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RT @SBRFoundation: April is #BowelCancerAwarenessMonth and we'll be sharing news about the amazing COLO-SPEED research project funded throu….
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🔎COLO-SPEED At The Grainger Market🔍. This Friday, for #BowelCancerAwarenessMonth, the #colospeed team will be hosting an awareness day at The Grainger Market in Newcastle!. We hope to see some of you there!. #bowelcancer #colorectalcancer #cancerawareness.
Join us for a COLO-SPEED takeover of Grainger Market in aid of Bowel Cancer Awareness Month! COLO-SPEED is the world's largest colorectal cancer research group. Come along and find out about how bowel cancer is diagnosed, the research we do, and how to get involved!
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📣Bowel Cancer Awareness Month📣. For #BowelCancerAwarenessMonth, @bowelcanceruk are encouraging the public to familiarise themselves with the symptoms of #bowelcancer. Follow this link to read more:. @SBRFoundation @RI_STSFT @myedinburghpark . #PassItOn.
It’s #BowelCancerAwarenessMonth and we’re launching our #PassItOn campaign. Today we’re passing on this key message. Having symptoms doesn’t always mean you have #BowelCancer. But it’s still important to find out what’s causing them. Learn more about the symptoms:
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🎉HUGE RECRUITMENT MILESTONE🎉. Wow! We have now recruited 10,000 patients to the #colocohort study!. A huge thank you to our 32 recruiting sites for your hard work & commitment to this study in order to achieve this - lets keep going!. @RI_STSFT @SBRFoundation @myedinburghpark
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💻Using AI to Prevent Bowel Cancer!💻. On Thursday, 3rd April, @BottProf will be presenting findings from the #colodetect study, which successfully used AI to assist in detecting bowel abnormalities during colonoscopy!. Click here to sign up:. @RI_STSFT.
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📣COLO-SPEED PPI Group Meeting📣. Our next #colospeed patient group meet-up for people in the North East that have been affected by #bowelcancer will be taking place on Thursday, 27th March!. Click here to read more about our patient group & sign up: .
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