30 Sep 2020

COLO-SPEED ‘OPEN FOR BUSINESS’

Last year, we announced £985,000 funding for COLO-SPEED, which aims to become the world’s largest colorectal cancer research group. The project is led by Professor Colin Rees, who stresses the vital importance of contacting your GP now
11 Jun 2019

COLO-SPEED – GROUND-BREAKING BOWEL CANCER RESEARCH

A ground-breaking £985,000 cancer research and treatment project, funded by our Foundation and announced today (11 June), aims to reverse the North East and Cumbria’s high incidence and low survival rates of bowel cancer (also called colorectal
11 May 2023

BOWEL CANCER RESEARCH UPDATE

In 2019, we made our second largest grant – £985,000 – to fund COLO-SPEED, a ground-breaking bowel cancer research project. Devised by a group of passionate bowel cancer researchers, COLO-SPEED stands for Colorectal Cancer Screening Prevention Endoscopy
27 Apr 2022

INNOVATIVE BOWEL CANCER RESEARCH UNDERWAY

In 2019, thanks to your fantastic support, we announced £985,000 in funding for a ground-breaking bowel cancer research and treatment project called COLO-SPEED. COLO-SPEED aims to recruit more patients – up to 5,000 a year – to
31 Dec 2019

A YEAR OF ACHIEVEMENTS FOR OUR FOUNDATION

As the decade draws to a close, Lady Elsie has been reflecting on 10 years of clinical drug trials in the Sir Bobby Robson Cancer Trials Research Centre and looking back on a year of significant achievements