Discovering what makes teenagers and young adults with soft tissue sarcomas different
Finding the biological differences between teenage and young adult cancers cells compared to older adults.
How does teenage and young adult cancer treatment affect the risk of kidney disease?
This project aims to find out more about kidney damage in teenagers and young adults who have been treated for cancer. Dr Nicola Hughes wants to know what puts young people with cancer at risk of kidney damage, and to create helpful information for patients and their families.
What are young people and their families’ experiences of melanoma?
This project will investigate how young people and their families experience skin cancer. Dr Wendy McInally hopes to further develop the teenage and young adult cancer service, and create information that will help young people with skin cancer and their families.
Improving our understanding of brain tumours in teenagers and young adults
Teenagers and young adults with primary CNS cancers: a systematic biological characterisation