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A study looking at cancer cells in the bloodstream of people with advanced bowel cancer

Overview

Cancer types:

Bowel (colorectal) cancer

Status:

Results

Phase:

Pilot

Details

This was a study to see how practical it would be to collect and test bowel cancer cells from the bloodstream. The researchers hoped that in future, this might help to predict how people will respond to chemotherapy.

Recruitment start: 29 April 2008

Recruitment end: 31 December 2011

How to join

Please note: In order to join a trial you will need to discuss it with your doctor, unless otherwise specified.

Chief investigators

Professor Patrick Johnson

Supported by

Belfast Health & Social Care Trust

Experimental Cancer Medicine Centre (ECMC)

Last reviewed: 8 July 2013

CRUK internal database number: 4380

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