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Dr David Church awarded Senior Cancer Research Fellowship from Cancer Research UK
21 March 2025
David’s research will focus on immune dysregulation in colorectal and endometrial pre-cancers and cancers.
OCION Funding Scheme: In conversation with David Church and Luciana Gneo
10 May 2024
The mission of the Oxford Cancer Immuno-Oncology Network (OCION) Funding Scheme is to pump-prime innovative Oxford-based immuno-oncology research and build capacity in cancer immunology. We sat down with 2023 awardees, David Church and Luciana Gneo, to discuss what research the fund will enable them to carry out.
CRUK funding to investigate the molecular drivers of stomach cancer
8 September 2022
Dr Francesco Boccellato wins a CRUK Early Detection and Diagnosis primer award to study tissue shape changes in the pre-cancerous stomach conditions, atrophic gastritis and intestinal metaplasia
New study confirms an infectious bacterium is a major cause of stomach cancer in China
26 November 2021
Reducing chronic infections from the bacterium Helicobacter pylori would be a key strategy for preventing stomach cancer, according to research published today. To generate conclusive evidence, Oxford researchers used high-quality data from the prospective China Kadoorie Biobank (CKB) study.
New study investigates how growth factors in our gut could initiate cancer
5 May 2021
Dr Francesco Boccellato is investigating the mechanisms of tissue regulation in the healthy stomach and in a pre-cancerous condition known as atrophic gastritis. This may help to identify those who may have cancer, as well as find new ways to prevent cancer from progressing
Understanding how cancer arises from infected tissue
11 February 2021
Dr Francesco Boccellato is investigating the mechanisms behind the pre-cancerous condition known as atrophic gastritis. This may help to identify those who may have cancer, as well as find new ways to prevent cancer from progressing.
Bowel cancer patients going undiagnosed due to COVID distruption
15 January 2021
A new study led by the University of Oxford has found that since the first coronavirus lockdown the number of people diagnosed with bowel cancer in England has fallen sharply, with a deficit persisting up to October 2020.
Using AI to improve the quality of endoscopy videos
25 November 2020
A multidisciplinary team of researchers has developed a deep-learning framework for improving endoscopy to aid cancer detection.
How chemotherapy impacts the body
6 October 2020
A new study has investigated how chemotherapy impacts oesophageal cancer patients and if this determines a patient’s risk of post-operative complications
First Huaxi SCU-Oxford Forum on Gastrointestinal Cancer
29 September 2020
The first Centre Forum was held in China this week, from 27-28th September 2020
Oxford University and Sichuan University form joint Centre for Gastrointestinal Cancer
15 May 2020
The University of Oxford-Sichuan University Huaxi Joint Centre for Gastrointestinal Cancer is a new international collaboration that seeks to develop an integrated gastrointestinal cancer plan through the exchanging of ideas and resources.