Our research in Southampton
Southampton is the home of one of our Cancer Research UK Centres. The Centres draw together world class research and areas of medical expertise to provide the best possible results for cancer patients nationwide.
The Southampton Cancer Research UK Centre is helping to set the pace for national and international progress in immunology and immunotherapy. Researchers are focusing on the biology and treatment of non-Hodgkin lymphoma, bladder and breast cancer and cancer genetics. Professor Peter Johnson is the director of the Centre.
Watch researchers at Southampton talk about the impact the Centre will have on cancer research locally and nationally:
Our Children's Cancer Trials Team co-ordinates groundbreaking trials in 21 centres across the UK and Ireland, including Southampton General Hospital. These trials bring cutting-edge science from the lab to the bedside, making innovative new treatments available to children with cancer.
Below are some of the highlights of our research in Southampton. Visit MyProjects to donate directly to our research in the city, or you can find out more in our Southampton leaflet (pdf download).
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Bile duct cancer
Prof John Primrose
Faculty of Medicine, Health and Life Sciences
University of Southampton, Southampton
Better treatments for bile duct cancer
Professor John Primrose is a Fellow of the Royal College of Surgeons and is based at the University of Southampton. He heads up a clinical trial investigating how to improve treatment for people with cancer of the bile duct, and he is also researching treatments for bowel cancer.
Bowel cancer
Prof John Primrose
Faculty of Medicine, Health and Life Sciences
University of Southampton, Southampton
Better treatments for bile duct cancer
Professor John Primrose is a Fellow of the Royal College of Surgeons and is based at the University of Southampton. He heads up a clinical trial investigating how to improve treatment for people with cancer of the bile duct, and he is also researching treatments for bowel cancer.
Lymphoma
Prof Peter Johnson
Cancer Research UK Medical Oncology Unit
University of Southampton, Southampton
Developing new cancer treatments
Professor Peter Johnson is the Cancer Research UK's Chief Clinician, and directs the Southampton Cancer Research UK Centre. He is helping to shape the future of our clinical research across the UK. Professor Johnson is a leading expert in lymphoma - a cancer that affects the body's white blood cells. He's also working on new treatments that use the power of the body's own immune system to attack tumours.
Prof Christian Ottensmeier
Cancer Sciences Division, School of Medicine
University of Southampton, Southampton
Cancer vaccines - harnessing the immune system to fight cancer
Professor Christian Ottensmeier and his team based at Southampton General Hospital are at the forefront of research into cancer vaccines. This novel approach to cancer treatment aims to stimulate the body's own immune system to recognise and kill the cancer cells. The technique is being tested as a treatment for cancers such as lymphoma and myeloma.
Myeloma
Prof Christian Ottensmeier
Cancer Sciences Division, School of Medicine
University of Southampton, Southampton
Cancer vaccines - harnessing the immune system to fight cancer
Professor Christian Ottensmeier and his team based at Southampton General Hospital are at the forefront of research into cancer vaccines. This novel approach to cancer treatment aims to stimulate the body's own immune system to recognise and kill the cancer cells. The technique is being tested as a treatment for cancers such as lymphoma and myeloma.
No specific cancer type
Dr Stephen Beers
Tenovus Research Laboratory
Southampton General Hospital, Southampton
Turning the power of the immune system on cancer
Dr Stephen Beers is working on immunotherapy - a type of treatment that encourages the body's own immune system to fight cancer. He is investigating how to make these treatments more effective. Dr Beers is based in Southampton, which is one of the UK’s leading centres for immunotherapy research.
Professor Tim Elliott
Faculty of Medicine
University of Southampton, Southampton
Focusing the immune system on cancer
Professor Tim Elliott is a leading expert in immunotherapy – treating cancer using the power of the immune system. At the University of Southampton, he and his team are finding out how to make immunotherapy more powerful, to improve the effectiveness of this important new treatment.
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