07/08/2014
QUB Scientists In £6m Cancer Prevention Strategy
Scientists from Queen's University Belfast are helping spearhead a £6m initiative to improve cancer prevention, it has been announced.
The new initiative is led by Cancer Research UK with matching investment from the BUPA Foundation.
It is estimated that more than four in 10 cancer cases could be prevented by lifestyle changes like not smoking, keeping a healthy body weight, cutting back on alcohol, eating a healthy diet, keeping active and staying safe in the sun.
Professor Frank Kee, who directs the UKCRC Centre of Excellence for Public Health Research in Northern Ireland at Queen's University, has been invited to join the International Advisory Board (IAB) of the new Cancer Prevention Science Initiative.
He said: "Advancing knowledge and changing lives is at the core of what we do at Queen's University. I am honoured to be part of this initiative which aims to do just that. It is a tribute to the CRUK and BUPA that a bold new initiative like this has been developed.
"It shows how major research funders want to support prevention science and the value they place in the sort of collaborations across disciplines that are required to fight cancer. Building capacity in this area is vital if new discoveries are ever to be translated into better outcomes for patients and the population."
(IT/JP)
The new initiative is led by Cancer Research UK with matching investment from the BUPA Foundation.
It is estimated that more than four in 10 cancer cases could be prevented by lifestyle changes like not smoking, keeping a healthy body weight, cutting back on alcohol, eating a healthy diet, keeping active and staying safe in the sun.
Professor Frank Kee, who directs the UKCRC Centre of Excellence for Public Health Research in Northern Ireland at Queen's University, has been invited to join the International Advisory Board (IAB) of the new Cancer Prevention Science Initiative.
He said: "Advancing knowledge and changing lives is at the core of what we do at Queen's University. I am honoured to be part of this initiative which aims to do just that. It is a tribute to the CRUK and BUPA that a bold new initiative like this has been developed.
"It shows how major research funders want to support prevention science and the value they place in the sort of collaborations across disciplines that are required to fight cancer. Building capacity in this area is vital if new discoveries are ever to be translated into better outcomes for patients and the population."
(IT/JP)
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