CCLG Research Talks: How do we get the right doses of cancer treatment?

With Dr Shelby Barnett

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Dr Shelby Barnett shares how research is improving chemotherapy for children.

  • Learn how researchers assess chemotherapy doses
  • Find out about the challenges of treating very young patients

Dr Shelby Barnett

Shelby is a lecturer at Newcastle University and one of the leads for the pharmacology research group. Her focus is on medicines for children, particularly chemotherapies for very young babies. She worked on a Little Princess Trust-funded research project that has helped find the best doses for over 300 young patients and published extensive dosing guidelines for doctors to follow.

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