Dr Robert Huddart

Section of Radiotherapy
The Institute of Cancer Research
Sutton

Comparing chemotherapy combinations for germ cell cancers

Dr Robert Huddart at The Institute of Cancer Research in Sutton is leading a clinical trial looking at germ cell cancers in men. Germ cells in men go on to develop into sperm. Most germ cell cancers in men happen in the testicles but they can occur elsewhere in the body.

Doctors tend to use surgery if the disease is located in the testicles. But for elsewhere in the body they tend to use chemotherapy. Dr Huddart's research will show whether a new combination of chemotherapy drugs will be more beneficial to patients in this second group. It will also tell us more about their side effects.