{"id":8839,"date":"2023-06-07T14:13:58","date_gmt":"2023-06-07T14:13:58","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.healthnews.ie\/?p=8839"},"modified":"2023-06-19T07:44:39","modified_gmt":"2023-06-19T07:44:39","slug":"all-ireland-cancer-research-boost-can-help-thousands-of-patients","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.healthnews.ie\/oncology\/all-ireland-cancer-research-boost-can-help-thousands-of-patients\/","title":{"rendered":"All-Ireland cancer research boost can help thousands of patients"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<div style=\"background-color:#f2f2f2;color:#32373c\" class=\"wp-block-atomic-blocks-ab-profile-box round ab-has-avatar ab-font-size-14 ab-block-profile ab-profile-columns\"><div class=\"ab-profile-column ab-profile-avatar-wrap\"><div class=\"ab-profile-image-wrap\"><figure class=\"ab-profile-image-square\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"400\" height=\"400\" class=\"ab-profile-avatar wp-image-8840\" src=\"https:\/\/s3.eu-north-1.amazonaws.com\/cdn-site.mediaplanet.com\/app\/uploads\/sites\/94\/2023\/06\/07210339\/LOD-photo.jpg\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/s3.eu-north-1.amazonaws.com\/cdn-site.mediaplanet.com\/app\/uploads\/sites\/94\/2023\/06\/07210339\/LOD-photo.jpg 400w, https:\/\/s3.eu-north-1.amazonaws.com\/cdn-site.mediaplanet.com\/app\/uploads\/sites\/94\/2023\/06\/07210339\/LOD-photo-125x125.jpg 125w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 400px) 100vw, 400px\" \/><\/figure><\/div><\/div><div class=\"ab-profile-column ab-profile-content-wrap\"><h2 class=\"ab-profile-name\" style=\"color:#32373c\">Professor Lorraine O&#8217;Driscoll<\/h2><p class=\"ab-profile-title\" style=\"color:#32373c\">Professor of Pharmacology and Biomedicine, Research Lead of the Trinity St. James&#8217;s Cancer Institute, Vice-President of the Royal Irish Academy<\/p><div class=\"ab-profile-text\"><\/div><ul class=\"ab-social-links\"><\/ul><\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p><em>All-Ireland \u20ac4 million research is testing whether minimally invasive blood tests may complement \u2014 or even replace \u2014 surgical biopsies for cancer diagnosis and treatment.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator\"\/>\n\n\n\n<p>The <a href=\"https:\/\/www.clubcancer.ie\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">All-Ireland Cancer Liquid Biopsies Consortium (CLuB)<\/a>, an emerging hub of excellence, was set up last autumn, supported by the Shared Island Fund and overseen by the Higher Education Authority. It is a groundbreaking collaboration building on internationally recognised leadership in cancer research at Trinity College Dublin, Queen&#8217;s University Belfast and the University of Galway.&nbsp;&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n<div id=\"healt-4016012845\"><div class=\"healt-adlabel\">Advertisements<\/div><div id=\"healt-3306783816\" style=\"margin-top: 30px;margin-bottom: 30px;margin-left: auto;margin-right: auto;text-align: center;\"><a data-no-instant=\"1\" href=\"https:\/\/www.clubcancer.ie\/\" rel=\"noopener\" class=\"a2t-link\" target=\"_blank\" aria-label=\"Trinity College Dublin desk\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/s3.eu-north-1.amazonaws.com\/cdn-site.mediaplanet.com\/app\/uploads\/sites\/94\/2023\/06\/07210331\/Trinity-College-Dublin-desk.jpg\" alt=\"\"  width=\"750\" height=\"250\"  style=\"display: inline-block;\" \/><\/a><\/div><\/div>\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-all-ireland-cancer-research-promoting-better-testing-combinations\"><strong>All-Ireland cancer research promoting better testing combinations<\/strong>&nbsp;<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>Lorraine O\u2019Driscoll, Professor of Pharmacology and Biomedicine at Trinity College Dublin and Research Director of Trinity St James Cancer Institute, is heading the study. She says: \u201cWe are <a href=\"https:\/\/www.clubcancer.ie\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">bringing together the necessary expertise<\/a> across the whole of Ireland to the study. Within four years we aim to have identified new, better combinations of testing by studying several different entities in the same blood samples \u2014 potentially coming up with new diagnostics and helping to predict treatment response.\u201d &nbsp;&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cWe are hoping to develop some industry partnerships as well because \u2014 while universities and hospitals can do excellent research \u2014 there are companies that are experts at creating testing kits.\u201d&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\"><p>We are studying what has been released <br>from the tumour into the blood sample.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>Researching efficacy of blood testing&nbsp;<\/strong>&nbsp;<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cWe are studying what has been released from the tumour into the blood sample,\u201d explains Professor O\u2019Driscoll. \u201cFor example, you diagnose that the patient has cancer and hopefully use the information to help select the optimal treatment.\u201d&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.clubcancer.ie\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Tissue biopsies<\/a>, aside from being invasive, are much more expensive than blood tests. They also have limitations. For example, if a tumour has been sampled, it\u2019s only sampling parts of the tumour. Tumours are heterogeneous \u2014 in other words, every cell of the tumour is not the same. Even if more samples are taken, they are not necessarily representative of the whole tumour. We are looking to prove that what\u2019s released from all those cells will be found in the blood.\u201d &nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>She stresses: \u201cWe are not claiming that tissue sampling would never be needed but that blood testing could, in some cases, replace tissue sampling \u2014 and in other cases, complement it.\u201d&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n<div id=\"healt-1931548501\"><div class=\"healt-adlabel\">Advertisements<\/div><div id=\"healt-49809771\" style=\"margin-top: 30px;margin-bottom: 30px;margin-left: auto;margin-right: auto;text-align: center;\"><a data-no-instant=\"1\" href=\"https:\/\/www.clubcancer.ie\/\" rel=\"noopener\" class=\"a2t-link\" target=\"_blank\" aria-label=\"Trinity College Dublin desk\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/s3.eu-north-1.amazonaws.com\/cdn-site.mediaplanet.com\/app\/uploads\/sites\/94\/2023\/06\/07210331\/Trinity-College-Dublin-desk.jpg\" alt=\"\"  width=\"750\" height=\"250\"  style=\"display: inline-block;\" \/><\/a><\/div><\/div>\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>Experts listening to patient advice for better outcomes<\/strong>&nbsp;<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>This multidisciplinary research is looking at thousands of patient samples. \u201cCLuB brings together recognised international experts in their particular areas that have never previously had a mechanism to work together,\u201d explains Professor O\u2019Driscoll.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Research is currently on lung, ovarian and breast cancer, with plans to expand to other cancer types. \u201cPatients are advising on our research all of the time. Our main focus is to achieve better care and outcomes for cancer patients,\u201d she concludes.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC \"-\/\/W3C\/\/DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional\/\/EN\" \"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/TR\/REC-html40\/loose.dtd\">\n<html><body><div style=\"text-align:center\" class=\"wp-block-atomic-blocks-ab-button ab-block-button\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.clubcancer.ie\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" class=\"ab-button ab-button-shape-rounded ab-button-size-medium fb-pixel\" style=\"color:#ffffff;background-color:#0e73b8\">Click here to learn more<\/a><\/div>\n<\/body><\/html>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>All-Ireland \u20ac4 million research is testing whether minimally invasive blood tests may complement \u2014 or even replace \u2014 surgical biopsies for cancer diagnosis and treatment. 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