Recruitment to the COLOSSUS translational study will be closing at the end of September 2021. The purpose of the COLOSSUS study is to identify new biomarkers and classifiers for microsatellite stable RAS mutated colorectal cancer. The aim is to develop new diagnostics and therapeutic options for patients bearing this type of cancer after they develop [...]
Radiomics: an aspect of COLOSSUS being incorporated into our research plan to bear down on the COLOSSUS-identified subtypes and further sub-stratify MSS RAS mutated colorectal cancer (CRC) to help develop new treatments and drugs. Dr Raquel Perez-Lopez Dr Raquel Perez-Lopez is an experienced academic radiologist trained at the Royal Marsden Hospital and the [...]
Our latest newsletter contains a capsule summary of the latest COLOSSUS news. Learn about computational modelling in systems biology with Dr Dirk Fey of University College Dublin. Read the latest update on the COLOSSUS translational trial and our dissemination round-up of presentations, posters, webinars and publications. We feature SME Pintail Limited too. Download it here. [...]
COLOSSUS featured in the Cancer Trials Ireland publication, Winter 2019 DSSG Digest. You can download the full report here: http://bit.ly/2OvqN7G
Pictured (from L to R) Iosune Baraibar, medical oncologist; Mireia Sanchis, Project Manager; Ariadna Garcia, Research Nurse; Javier Ros, Medical Oncologist; Javier Gonzalo, Project Manager* On November 5, 2019, Dr Rodrigo Dienstmann and the colorectal cancer clinical research team under the leadership of Dr Elena Elez at Vall d'Hebron Institute of Oncology have registered the first person in Spain for [...]
On Friday, October 11, 2019, Dr Ian Miller, of the RCSI, Royal College of Surgeons in Ireland facilitated a talk at the Bon Secours Hospital in Cork. The purpose of Dr Miller's visit was to explain the COLOSSUS project objectives and trial, and the use of the biosamples from the translational trial. This was an [...]
Great news! Dr Brian Bird and his team at Bon Secours Hospital in Cork have registered the first person in Ireland to the COLOSSUS prospective translational trial. Congratulations to the clinical research team! https://twitter.com/DrHealeyBird/status/1174771461313224707?s=20
The University Hospital Mannheim, Germany, has recruited the first patient to COLOSSUS, an EU-funded Horizon 2020 translational trial which could lead to a ground-breaking new way of treating people with advanced metastatic colorectal cancer. In total, 163 patients will be recruited to take part in the COLOSSUS trial which will validate new and effective stratification [...]
