COLO-SPEED
@colospeedstudy
Be part of the world’s largest colorectal cancer research group. COLO-SPEED studies include COLO-COHORT, COLO-DETECT & COLO-FIT.
🎙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.
📣#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! 👏
🏆#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
🌎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. chng.it/wKtydJcXsv
🛡️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: healthawareness.co.uk/bladder-and-bo… #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: ow.ly/cxtj50WbrPL
🔎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: healthawareness.co.uk/bladder-and-bo… #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: ow.ly/WSWq50WbrQj
The STSFT Research Conference was a huge success, thank you to our exhibitors, presenters, Monty the mobile research bus and the wide range of staff who attended. Everyone came away inspired and motivated to engage in research @STSFTrust @NIHRrdn
📢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
🎉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
📣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.
📣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 "[email protected]" to find out more and to let us know if you would like to attend!
📄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: ejoncologynursing.com/article/S1462-…
🔎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: youtube.com/watch?v=ZMtfgK…
🔬#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: forms.office.com/e/BtGiAgQJ2x
April is #BowelCancerAwarenessMonth and we'll be sharing news about the amazing COLO-SPEED research project funded through your support.👏🏻 Tomorrow (Fri) the team are at The Grainger Market Newcastle! Come along & find out about bowel cancer diagnosis/our research/how to help.😊
🔎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!
📣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: bit.ly/4kJm8w9 @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:…
🎉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
💻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: ncl.ac.uk/ncl-in-action/… @RI_STSFT
📣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: forms.office.com/e/gnE2NmTkc6
