Queens University Belfast (QUBelfast) is one of several organisations teaming up in the first All-Ireland Cancer Network which has been described as a 'game changer'
Prof. Helen Coleman, Queen's University Belfast, Prof. Juliette Hussey from Trinity College Dublin, Orla Dolan CEO Breakthrough Cancer Research, and Prof. Jacintha O’Sullivan, Trinity St. James’s Cancer Institute
Researchers say the identification of, and improved treatments for people with Oesophageal Cancer and Barrett's oesophagus , could significantly control the progression of the disease and improve survival rates.At the launch of AllCaN in Queen's University Belfast, Breakthrough Cancer Research CEO Orla Dolan said the collaboration "is a game changer for low survival cancer research on the island of Ireland".
He said: "I am unlucky to have Barrett's oesophagus, but I am lucky to know I have it. Awareness is the key with any condition. The sooner found the better.He said: "The possibilities it opens are endless. Imagine the day we can tell everyone with oesophageal cancer that there's a lifestyle plan or treatment that will contain and control the disease and enable them to live with it and improve their quality of life.
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