Prostate Research Campaign UK - - Research projects 2001

Research Programme in 2001

Grants Awarded in financial year 2001 (Total of £190,059)


TO COMPARE A HEALTH-RELATED QUALITY OF LIFE (QoL) INSTRUMENT WITH AN INDIVIDULAIZED METHOD IN PATIENTS WITH PROSTATE CANCER(continued in project G2002/14). G2001/01 Dr Patrick Stone and Prof Roger Kirby St George's Hospital Medical School and St George's Hospital NHS Trust Show research Summary

AUTOIMMUNE PROSTATITIS T CELL RESPONSES TO SEMINAL PLASMA PROTEINS (continued in project G2002/12). G2001/02 Mr Richard Batstone, Mr Andrew Doble and Prof Hill Gaston Cambridge University, and Department of Urology, Addenbrooke's Hospital Show research Summary

COMPARISON OF PROINFLAMMATORY CYTOKINE LEVELS IN SEMEN AND URINE LEVELS IN MEN WITH CHRONIC PROSTATITIS, NON-SPECIFIC URETHRITIS AND HEALTHY CONTROLS (continued in project G2002/12). G2001/03 Dr Abbas Khadra MRCGP FRCS St George’s Hospital Medical School, University of London Show research Summary

DEVELOPMENT OF CELL CULTURE SYSTEMS TO STUDY BONE METASTASIS IN PROSTATE CANCER G2001/04 A A G Bryden, A M Scutt, N Scutt, C L Eaton, B Thomas, F C Hamdy Academic Urology Unit and Department of Child Health, University of Sheffield Show research Summary

GENE EXPRESSION ASSOCIATED WITH OXIDATIVE DNA AND PROTEIN DAMAGE IN THE PATHOGENESIS OF PROSTATIC CANCER G2001/05 Dr R A Sharma¹, Prof A J Gescher¹, Prof J K Mellon², Prof W P Steward¹ University of Leicester¹, Leicester General Hospital² Show research Summary

MODULATION OF PROTEIN EXPRESSION BY CONJUGATED LINOLEIC ACID (CLA) IN PROSTATE CANCER CELLS G2001/06 Mrs Pam Barker, Dr Andrew C Schofield, Prof KlausU WJ WahleU , Prof Steven D Heys. Department of Surgery, University of Aberdeen and U Rowett Research Institute, Aberdeen Show research Summary**

PROSTATE CANCER STEM CELLS G2001/07 Charlotte Foley MA BMBCh MRCS and John R W Masters PhD FRCPath Prostate Cancer Research Centre, UCL Institute of Urology Show research Summary

CLINICAL FELLOWSHIP IN LAPAROSCOPIC UROLOGY G2001/08 Dr Declan Cahill Department of Urology, Institut Montsouris, Université Pierre and Marie Curie, Paris Show research Summary

PSA-NEGATIVE PROSTATE CANCER. HORMONE RELAPSE AND PSA EXPRESSION G2001/10 Dr Alison Birtle, Dr Heather Payne, Dr Stephen Harland, Dr Magali Williamson Royal Free and University College Medical School, University of London Show research Summary

RADICAL PROSTATECTOMY DATABASE - YEAR 3 G2001/12 Dr Jonathan Cohen, Dr M Constance Parkinson, Dr John R Masters University College London, Institute of Urology Show research Summary

Total Grants Awarded for Prostate Research in financial year 2001 is £190,059