Prostate Research Campaign UK - - Research projects 2005

Research Programme in 2006

Grants Awarded in financial year 2006 (Total of £607,567)


AN EVALUATION OF HEM-ABLATION THERAPY USING HIGH INTENSITY FOCUSED ULTRASOUND (HIFU) IN THE TREATMENT OF LOCALISED ADENOCARCINOMA OF THE PROSTATE. G2006/01 - extension of G2005/16 Dr Mark Emberton University College London Show research summary

PROTEOLYSIS INDUCING FACTOR AS A SURVIVAL AND PROLIFERATION FACTOR IN PROSTATIC CARCINOMA CELLS AND ITS POTENTIAL AS A FUTURE THERAPEUTIC TARGET. G2006/02 - extension of G2005/04 Mr Grant Stewart The Prostate Research Group, University of Edinburgh Show research summary

A SYSTEMATIC ASSESSMENT OF THE PHYSICAL IMPACT OF COMPLEX SURGICAL TASK ON SURGEONS: COMPARISON BETWEEN ROBOTIC-ASSISTED, LAPARASCOPIC AND OPEN TECHNIQUES. G2006/03 Mr Prokar Dasgupta Urology Department, Guy's Hospital, London Show research summary

STEM CELLS AND THE ORIGIN OF BPH G2006/04 Professor John Masters Prostate Cancer Research Centre, University College London Show research summary

PROGRESSION OF BPH: THE PREDICTIVE VALUE OF INFLAMMATION DETECTED AT TRUS BIOPSY G2006/05 Alastair D Gordon Western General Hospital, Edinburgh Show research summary

ROLE OF ASYMPTOMATIC INFLAMMATION IN PROSTATIC GROWTH DYSREGULATION G2006/06 Mark R Feneley Institute of Urology, University College London Show research summary

A ROLE FOR THE HEPARIN-BINDING GROWTH-PROMOTING CYTOKINES MIDKINE AND PLEIOTROPHIN IN BPH! G2006/07 Dr Martin G Rumsby, Professor Norman Maitland University of York, Department of Biology Show research summary

QUALITY OF LIFE OF MEN WITH URETERIC STENTS FOR ADVANCED PROSTATE CANCER G2006/08 Mr Kenneth Anson, Dr Uday Patel Department of Urology, St George's Hospital, London Show research summary

REGULATION OF HEAT SHOCK PROTEIN 27 IN HORMONE RESISTANT PROSTATE CANCER. G2006/09 Dr Simon Gamble Imperial College London, Department of Oncology Show research summary

IDENTIFICATION OF NOVEL TARGETS OVEREXPRESSED ON THE CELL SURFACE OF HUMAN PROSTATE TUMOUR CELLS. G2006/10 Dr Tahereh Kamalati Imperial College London, Department of Oncology Show research summary

PQBP1 ISOFORMS IN PROSTATE CANCER. G2006/11 Dr Charlotte Bevan Imperial College London, Department of Oncology Show research summary

CLINICAL DATA TO CORRELATE GENETIC FINDINGS WITH NEW DRUG TARGETS. G2006/12 Dr Rosalind Eeles The Institute of Cancer Research & Royal Marsden Foundation NHS Trust Show research summary

A POTENTLY ANDROGEN REGULATED PEPTIDE AS A NEW MARKER FOR PROSTATE CANCER. G2006/13 Dr Lakjaya Bukuwela, Professor Ali Simak Imperial College London, Department of Oncology Show research summary

CHARACTERISATION OF PEROXIREDOXIN-3 IN PROSTATE CANCER. G2006/14 Dr Hayley Whitaker CRUK Cambridge Research Institute, Uro-Oncology Group Show research summary

TRAINING IN LAPARASCOPIC AND ROBOTIC SURGERY OF THE PROSTATE G2006/15 Mr Declan Murphy, FRCS With Professor Costello at The Royal Melbourne Hospital, Melbourne, Australia Show training summary

THE MANCHESTER MILLION APPEAL - PHASE 1, PUMP PRIMING G2006/17 Mr Noel Clarke, FRCS Christie Hospital, Manchester Show project summary

THE MANCHESTER MILLION APPEAL - PHASE 2, MATCHED FUNDING FOR THE DEVELOPMENT OF A PROFESSORIAL CHAIR OF UROLOGICAL ONCOLOGY AT MANCHESTER UNIVERSITY, BASED AT THE CHRISTIE HOSPITAL G2006/18 Mr Noel Clarke, FRCS Christie Hospital, Manchester Show project summary

Total Grants Awarded for Prostate Research and Training in financial year 2006 is £607,567