A study of high intensity focal ultrasound (HIFU) for symptoms of pelvic cancer (HIFU PELVIC)
This study is looking at whether high intensity focused ultrasound (HIFU) is a useful treatment for symptoms of women’s cancer such as pain and bleeding.
Rectal cancer
Cancer of the back passage - the end of the bowel where faeces (poo) is stored before it passes out of the body when you open your bowels.
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A study to find out if tests on cells can help predict if rectal cancer will come back after treatment (Ploidy and stroma study)
This study was done to find out if tests on tissue samples can help predict whether early stage rectal cancer will come back after surgery.
A study looking at testing poo for blood to show who might be at risk of cancer of the stomach or bowel
This study was for people who had a low level of red blood cells (anaemia) caused by a lack of iron in the body.
A study looking to reduce a serious side effect of rectal cancer surgery (IntAct)
A serious side effect of rectal cancer surgery is an anastomotic leak. This study wants to see if a new technology can help reduce this.
A study of radioembolisation with Therasphere and chemotherapy for bowel cancer that has spread to the liver (EPOCH)
This study is to see if adding radioembolisation to chemotherapy improves treatment for people whose bowel cancer has spread to the liver.
A trial looking at surgery or different types of radiotherapy for rectal cancer (STAR-TREC)
This trial is for people with early stage cancer of the back passage (rectum).
A study to find sentinel nodes in rectal cancer (SentiRect)
This study looked at using magnetic tracers.
A trial comparing surgery with ablation treatment for people with bowel cancer spread to the liver (LAVA)
This trial was for people with secondary cancer in the liver that could be removed with surgery or a treatment using heat to kill the cancer cells.
A study looking at a way to report side effects of treatment online from home (eRAPID Radiotherapy)
This study is looking at using a computer based system for people to report treatment side effects on line.
A trial to improve keyhole surgery for rectal cancer
This trial looked at whether 3 dimensional (3D) images can improve the accuracy of keyhole surgery for rectal cancer.