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Collaboration announced to develop the use of AI to evaluate Barrett’s oesophagus
6 October 2023
An agreement between Satisfai Health Inc and the University of Oxford will progress the automated assessment of Barrett’s oesophagus with the aim of determining patients most at risk of developing oesophageal cancer.
New tool to predict people’s risks of getting oesophageal cancer
15 August 2023
A new study from Professor Julia Hippisley-Cox and colleagues offers hope for the earlier detection of oesophageal cancer.
Eileen Parkes awarded Wellcome Clinical Research Career Development Fellowship
10 January 2022
Eileen will investigate the expression of genetic instability and how it shapes the immune microenvironment of oesophageal cancers.
AI endoscopy project enables 3D surface measurements of Barrett's oesophagus
9 June 2021
Clinicians and engineers in Oxford have begun using artificial intelligence alongside endoscopy to get more accurate readings of the pre-cancerous condition Barrett’s oesophagus and so determine patients most at risk of developing cancer.
Finding extracellular vesicle biomarkers for oesophageal cancer early detection
22 February 2021
Prof Deborah Goberdhan’s lab is investigating extracellular vesicles and the proteins they express as potential biomarkers for the progression from Barrett’s Oesophagus to oesophageal cancer
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
QResearch researchers collaborate on two major cancer projects
8 July 2020
Researchers in the Primary Care Epidemiology Group are joining two landmark projects to combine healthcare data and artificial intelligence to improve cancer diagnosis
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.
Dr Eileen Parkes joins Oxford cancer community
14 May 2020
Eileen brings research into the body’s innate immune response to cancer and how we can harness these pathways to develop novel clinical treatments
Tackling oesophageal cancer early detection challenges through AI
7 May 2020
Dr Sharib Ali specialises in the applications of AI to early oesophageal cancer detection
Oesophageal Cancer Focus Month: DPhil Spotlight – Pek Kei Im (Becky)
1 May 2020
We talk to DPhil student Becky Im about her investigations into oesophageal cancer risks in Asian populations