SOUTHAMPTON researchers have celebrated the first phase of a radical
new study that aims to improve life for the millions of people living
with cancer.
Until now the needs of those patients who have completed their
treatment have been neglected, with the focus on discovering pioneering
new drugs and boosting survival rates.
But the Macmillan Survivorship Research Group at the University of Southampton
is changing all that, with this study that will give survivors the
opportunity to get the best out of life and teach doctors how to boost a
patient’s recovery.
This week survivors like Susan Restorick-Banks, from Totton, celebrated the pioneering step at the premier of a film about what the study is all about.
Susan was diagnosed with a tumour in her colon in 2011, enduring
intense treatments, but she is now one of 1,000 patients taking part in
the ColoREctal Wellbeing (CREW) study to help future cancer survivors.
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