Strive for Five - Living Life with Stage 4 Cancer blog post regarding this paper is available at: bci.leeds.ac.uk/news/ppg-blog/

When it comes to emergency diagnosis of cancer, research shows that England compares poorly to other countries. But our analysis reveals that Yorkshire fares even worse. It’s time to level up Yorkshire. 🧵 1/4

Lynch syndrome is an inherited genetic condition which increases a person’s risk of developing some types of cancer, including bowel cancer. There is a genetic test that can help prevent cancer or find it early. However, who gets access to this has become a postcode lottery.

Our event 'Living well with advanced bowel cancer': 📅 Date: Saturday 12 November ⏰ Time: 10.30am-2pm ❓ Who's it for: everyone affected by bowel cancer, including friends and family 💻 Where: online on Zoom Register: bowelcanceruk.org.uk/how-we-can-hel…

Very pleased to share our latest publication Differences in the management of patients requiring an emergency resection for colonic cancer in two European populations academic.oup.com/bjsopen/articl… Yorkshire Cancer Research

🇩🇰 vs 🇬🇧 - comparison of emergency #colorectalcancer resections between 2005-2016 -Danish surgeons more likely to offer stents, leading to lower mortality. -Operative mortality drops from 7% to 3% in both regions. #some4surgery ASGBI SEIQ doi.org/10.1093/bjsope…

New AJG - The American Journal of Gastroenterology paper: Inflammatory Bowel Disease-Associated Colorectal Cancer Epidemiology and Outcomes Nick Burr @BeckyBirch86 journals.lww.com/ajg/Fulltext/2…

We were very pleased to be invited to the launch of the @Yorkshirecancer #YorkshireStars campaign at Thackray Museum of Medicine this week. Here we are with our stars, dedicated to people we know affected by cancer. @HRossington @DamianTolan @DrSue2017 Simon Howell @BeckyBirch86

⭐ Becky, a member of the Bowel Cancer Improvement Programme team, chose to dedicate a Yorkshire Star to her grandad, who sadly passed away when she was six years old. “My grandad is the reason I work in cancer research to this day.” #YorkshireStars

ycrbcip.leeds.ac.uk/ycrbcip-resour… Radiologists across our region have updated the YCRBCIP proforma for reporting rectal MRI reports, visit our website to have a look and see the other learning resources developed by the YCR BCIP team.

Our team had a fantastic time at @BeCuriousLeeds at the weekend, talking to families about our research and how our programme and the others in our department are all working towards improving outcomes and experiences for cancer patients

We are very proud of our team who have completed the #StepOutForYorkshire #Your100 May challenge! They met their fundraising target and between them walked over 460 miles. Well done @DrSue2017 @BeckyBirch86 @HRossington @AmyDowning8 and Eva.

Improving perioperative opioid stewardship for patients with colorectal cancer. Check out the open access full text paper at rdcu.be/dgw6M. Great work from @CarolineThomas Sarah Alderson Simon Howell Yorkshire Cancer Research

Kate is an asset to our YCRBCIP team ensuring that what we do and how we do it provides clear benefits to patients and also reflects their priorities.

A very Happy New Year to all of our recruiting sites! We are looking forward to continuing to work with you throughout 2024 to help us reach our recruitment target.

Join our team as a Patient Representative! We are currently looking for someone with experience of bowel cancer who lives in the Yorkshire region to support our work improving the care and management of bowel cancer patients. Full details here - ycrbcip.leeds.ac.uk/news/join-our-…

We are looking forward to seeing everyone online at our annual update event next week - 19th March. If you haven't registered yet visit ycrbcip.leeds.ac.uk/events/yorkshi… to book your place!

You can also read our plain language summary of the paper here - ycrbcip.leeds.ac.uk/our-publicatio…