OUT NOW DSSG DIGEST The most up to date news and listing of cancer trials and studies underway in Ireland. DSSG Winter 2018

Congratulations to Dr Patrick Morris, Consultant Medical Oncologist at Beaumont Hospital Dublin, and his team for presenting exciting results of the Cancer Trials Ireland sponsored  Gene Recurrence Score Study at ESMO2018. Pictured at the poster presentation at ESMO2018 Dr Anees Hassan, Dr Verena Murphy and Dr Kathleen Scott. 1 in 4 women on breast cancer study avoided […]

We’re delighted to be at ESMO2018.  In all, our teams will present seven abstracts and posters.  Pictured at the poster announcing some results of the Cancer Trial Ireland sponsored trial PantHER is Dr Sinead Toomey,  Translational oncology lecturer and research scientist based in RCSI, Dublin. Monitoring the effect of PI3K inhibition on HER2 therapy resistant breast […]

Listen back to Professor Peter O’Gorman, founder of the Mater Institute of Research and Therapy for Blood Cancers (MIRT) and Consultant Haematologist at the Mater University Hospital, who appeared (5th Sept) on Today’s FM The Last Word to discuss Blood Cancer Awareness and cancer trials.

Save The Date for our Autumn DSSG Meeting  which will be held just before the start of this year’s Gathering Around Cancer at Croke Park on Thurs 8th Nov. For now please SAVE THE DATE IN YOUR DIARY and we will be sending out further details in due course.

To celebrate International Clinical Trials Day 2018 the Cancer Trials & Research Unit in Beaumont Hospital organised a quiz among visitors to the Oncology & Haematology Unit. It attracted 500 entries and the winner scooped an Arnotts shopping voucher. Pictured are members of the research team at the Research Unit including Research Nurses, Oncology Consultants, […]

Speaking at our International Clinical Trials Day event, Clinical Lead, Prof Bryan Hennessy said that as a community we owe patients who take part in trials an immeasurable debt of gratitude.

Evelyn O’Rourke chairs an insightful discussion on what patients and clinical teams should ask each other about clinical trials.

Farmleigh House is looking fantastic today for our International Clinical Day celebrations.  

Packing up! The countdown is on – 4 days to go to the launch of our annual Just Ask Your Doctor! public information campaign on International Clinical Trials Day. Watch for an event in your local hospital. International Clinical Trials Day celebrates the anniversary of the first clinical trial conducted by James Lind in 1747 […]