Great news - first patient recruited to the DP_IMRT Pancreas trial for #PancreaticCancer 👏

Congrats to CI Dr Gerard McVey @SLRON St Vincent's University Hospital (SVUH) and collaborators Ray McDermott Fergus Keane

Irish Research Radiation Oncology Group Prof Sinead Brennan Cormac Small

Thanks to #PatSmullen Irish Cancer Society 💪

Goal is to move from current position to within top 10% in Europe, CTI has a clear action plan in place to achieve this, and the determination to do so!

Thrilled and excited to have liver SBRT available Cork University Hospitals!
⭐️1st public hospital in the country to have this fantastic treatment option for patients with #livercancer
Huge amount of work by this multi-d group couldn’t be more proud HSE Ireland NCCP Orla McKivitt (Cashman)

Thank you to everyone who joined us for the 2024 Cancer Retreat today at RCSI.

Fantastic speakers, panellists and engagement on the topic of the future of cancer clinical trials in Ireland 🇮🇪

The final panellist we will hear from is the Chair of our GI DSSG, Grainne O'Kane, who reflects that we should work together nationally to ensure patients know what trials are available and work through our MDTs to discuss trials across all disciplines.

Team Leader Ashley Bazin of TUHCancerTrials notes that with targeted treatment studies, we will have more screen failures which are very disappointing for patients. These patients must be supported.

#CancerRetreat

With the support of Cancer Trials Ireland, Irish Research Radiation Oncology Group has opened 5 radiotherapy trials since the beginning of the year, with 7 more to come.

Prof Sinead Brennan wants to see the number of patients on radiotherapy clinical research studies nationwide increase.

The importance of research funding from Cancer Charities is a recurring theme CancerTrialsIreland 🌈 Cancer Retreat 2024.

Professor Ronan Cahill UCD Medicine Cancer Trials Mater shares that decision support assistance may be more critical than robotics regarding AI's impact on cancer outcomes.

#CancerResearch #AI

By 2030, Donal Brennan UCD Medicine Cancer Trials Mater wants to see Ireland providing evidence-based surgical practice and becoming a place where surgeons can flourish.

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Welcoming Dr Anne Fortune UCD Medicine Cancer Trials Mater, who is chairing our final panel discussion of the morning on the theme 'CTI in 2030 - (what will the future look like and how do we get there)'.

Excellent talk and representation for RT trials nationally and internationally CancerTrialsIreland 🌈 retreat this morning by Emma Noone Irish Research Radiation Oncology Group ☢️

Rounding out this session, we have Kate O Connell Cancer Research @UCC UCC Cancer Trials Group @UCC sharing learning points from LYSA, an investigator-initiated survivorship programme for breast and gynaecological cancer patients.

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Professor Leonie Young from RCSI highlights the need to maintain and expand high-quality biobanks in Ireland to support trials.

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Brilliant presentation about patient led #cancer #ClinicalTrial and such achievement at CancerTrialsIreland 🌈 #cancer retreat. From Siobhan Gaynor
From concept to four peer reviewed impactful outputs coming after just two years 💪👏👏👏👏

Fantastic contribution from Cancer Trials Ireland PCC Member Siobhan Gaynor at the #CancerRetreat .
Quality of life and opening trials quickly are both very important to cancer patients.

Emma Noone of #SLRON reflects that AI is one of the key advances that will enhance the sophistication of adaptive radiotherapy by “sparing healthy tissues” and having “positive economic outcomes”.

Irish Research Radiation Oncology Group #CancerRetreat

Great to hear about the Liam Mc 12-week multidisciplinary intervention programme, funded by Irish Cancer Society from clinical cancer research dietitian Katie Johnston RD UCC Cancer Trials Group @UCC Cancer Research @UCC

Panellist Veronica McInerney Ollscoil na Gaillimhe | University of Galway saoltagroup notes the need for the clinical trials community to work on actively engaging in nurse-led trials.

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Chairing our first panel discussion of the day, on the future of non-drug trials, we're delighted to welcome Prof William Watson University College Dublin UCD Medicine

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