New series of workshops due to begin September 2024

A series of workshops around the UK building on the previous workshops but incorporating new materials covering extra topics and scenarios.

Following on from the successful BRCA DIRECT trial, NHS England has provided funding to implement the BRCA DIRECT digital pathway in 10-20 centres in England over an 18 month period.

A phase III trial of surgery versus active monitoring for Low Risk DCIS (LORIS), incorporating a two year feasibility study. The aim of the main trial is to determine whether women with newly diagnosed low risk DCIS can safely avoid surgery, without detriment to their psychological well-being and can those patients who do require surgery be identified by pathological and radiological criteria.

A randomised controlled trial of axillary treatment in women with early stage breast cancer who have metastases in one or two sentinel nodes. The aim of this trial is to determine whether axillary clearance or radiotherapy can be safely avoided in women receiving chemotherapy and/or hormone therapy following surgery for early stage breast cancer. The trial also explores how aspects of QoL and psychological well-being are affected by fear of cancer recurrence and long term side effects of axillary treatment.

A new series of TARGET workshops commisioned by Exact Sciences.

Evaluation of a series of workshops around the UK building on the previous workshops and incorporating new materials covering extra topics and scenarios.

Development and implementation of training program from Healthcare Professional on how best to communicate with paitents who have metastatic disease.

In order to develop an educational programme to help communication professionals working with d/Deaf and deaf-blind people (e.g. sign language interpreters) better understand what they may be required to interpret in cancer consultations, we are conducting a survey to find out what communication professionals feel are the biggest challenges when working in cancer consultations.