• Screening, prevention and early diagnosis
• Primary Care
• Public Health
• Prostate Cancer
• Very happy to contribute to projects outside the areas above

Sue’s Experience

My husband died of prostate cancer.

His treatments included prostatectomy, hormone treatment, chemotherapy, palliative radiotherapy. He took part in a phase 3 study using a vaccine to stimulate the body’s immune system to attack cancer cells. When there were no further licensed drugs available, he was recruited into a phase 3 study of a new drug, abiraterone, which had a very positive impact on his Quality of Life and extended his life.

Experience with Cancer Research

Over the last 8 years I’ve worked as a PPI contributor with a range of organisations - charities, academic institutions, NIHR and industry. I’m a member of the NCRI Consumer Forum. My experience includes:

• Supporting researchers with study submissions - particularly developing PPI plans to ensure they add value and drafting or reviewing lay summaries
• Being a member of study Steering Groups,Trial Management Groups and PPI advisory groups 
• Involvement in a range of studies on screening, early detection and diagnosis as well as others on prostate cancer 
• Being a lay member on funding panels, reviewing applications