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Our research into bladder cancer

Over the last few decades, the number of people surviving bladder cancer has risen steadily. More than eight out of ten people diagnosed today will now survive the disease. You can find out more about bladder cancer on our patient information website, CancerHelp UK.

We have funded pioneering studies that will help to develop new ways to tackle bladder cancer. Our scientists continue to investigate ways to detect the disease earlier and improve treatment for patients.

Below are some of the highlights of our research into bladder cancer.

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Chemotherapy

Professor John Kelly Professor John Kelly

UCL Medical School

University College London, London

Better treatments for bladder cancer

Professor John Kelly is an expert surgeon and bladder cancer researcher based at University College London. He is investigating new and better ways to treat the disease through drugs and surgery.

 

Clinical trials

Prof David Neal Prof David Neal

Oncology Department, Addenbrooke's Hospital

University of Cambridge, Cambridge

Better screening and treatment for prostate cancer

Professor David Neal is surgeon and a leading expert on prostate cancer. He and his colleagues in Cambridge are taking a number of different approaches in their work to beat this disease. A particular focus for the team is identifying better ways of distinguishing aggressive cancers from non-aggressive cancers in order to target treatment to the right group of men. Professor Neal is also investigating the genes involved in prostate and bladder cancer.

 

Genes

Prof Maggie Knowles Prof Maggie Knowles

Cancer Research UK Clinical Centre

University of Leeds, Leeds

Investigating bladder cancer

Professor Maggie Knowles is at the forefront of research into bladder cancer. She is investigating the genes and proteins involved in the development of this disease.

 

Radiotherapy

Prof Peter Hoskin Prof Peter Hoskin

Marie Curie Research Wing for Oncology

Mount Vernon Hospital, Northwood

New ways of using radiotherapy

Professor Peter Hoskin is leading a number of clinical trials looking at ways of using radiotherapy in combination with drugs to treat various types of cancer including lymphoma and bladder cancer. He is also testing the ability of radiotherapy to relieve severe symptoms such as bone pain that occur when cancers spread.

Dr Anne Kiltie Dr Anne Kiltie

Gray Institute for Radiation Oncology and Biology

University of Oxford, Oxford

How does bladder cancer respond to radiotherapy?

Dr Anne Kiltie is an expert in the biology of bladder cancer. She and her team are investigating how bladder cancer cells react to radiotherapy, to explain why some people’s tumours respond to the treatment while others’ don’t. 

 

Screening

Prof Gareth Williams Prof Gareth Williams

Cancer Research UK Chromosomal Replication Research Group

Wolfson Institute for Biomedical Research, University College London, London

Understanding how cells divide, and improving cancer treatment and detection

Based at the Wolfson Institute for Biomedical Research in London, Professor Gareth Williams and his team are investigating how a group of proteins work together to allow DNA to be copied, a process called DNA replication. His research could also help to find new ways to diagnose cancers such as prostate and bladder cancer.

 

Surgery

Professor John Kelly Professor John Kelly

UCL Medical School

University College London, London

Better treatments for bladder cancer

Professor John Kelly is an expert surgeon and bladder cancer researcher based at University College London. He is investigating new and better ways to treat the disease through drugs and surgery.