Driving innovation and development in bowel (colorectal), bladder, prostate and liver cancer treatment through research and education
Pelican is all about helping patients live longer with a good quality of life. We run research that will help today’s patients (see our plans here). We run courses, meetings and programmes for multi-disciplinary cancer teams (surgeons, oncologists, radiologists, pathologists and nurses). 1,490 cancer specialists from 151 hospitals came to Pelican courses and meetings in the last year.
TME manual
Total Mesorectal Excision (TME) is an operation that nearly all rectal cancer patients will undergo. This procedure has changed rectal cancer outcomes across the world. Prof Heald and colleagues at Basingstoke, who pioneered this work, continue to teach, run meetings and speak about TME across the world. Now there is also a book: The Manual of TME which reflects this team’s motto of ‘precise surgery combined with a passion for doing things better’.
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Secondary liver cancer most often starts in the bowel.
42% of patients with bowel cancer may go on to develop liver cancer.
Surgery remains the only potential 'cure' for secondary liver cancer.
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Kidney cancer is diagnosed in over 7 000 people in the UK each year.
It is more common in men than in women, and becomes more common as people get older.
Surgery is the main treatment for kidney cancer.
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Bowel (colorectal) cancer is diagnosed in 38,000 people each year in the UK (1 in 18).
With optimal treatment and surgery, more cures are possible with bowel cancer than all the other internal cancers.
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Colon cancer is bowel cancer that is situated between the appendix and the rectum.
Around 24 000 people are diagnosed in the UK each year.
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Rectal cancer is bowel cancer that is situated in the lower part of the bowel.
Around 14 000 people are diagnosed with rectal cancer in the UK each year, 4 700 of those with low rectal cancer.
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Bladder cancer is diagnosed in between 10 000-12 000 people in the UK each year.
Of these, around 4 000 people will die of the disease.
Despite this, there are no dedicated bladder cancer charities.
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Prostate cancer is the most common cancer in men in the UK
– each year around 35,000 men are diagnosed with the disease.
Although some prostate cancer is aggressive and can cause death,
the majority of prostate cancers are unlikely to cause harm during a man’s lifetime..
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Pelican is about curing and improving cancer patients’ lives today,
dedicated to advancing cancer treatment today and tomorrow
Pelican's news picks
Men are either under treated or overtreated for prostate cancer. Daily Telegraph
Surgeons league tables - what are the odds? Max Pemberton
Advice is eat sensibly and take exercise to avoid prostate cancer
Prostate cancer diagnosis and treatment - essential reading
Focal therapy for prostate cancer coming of age
Prostate cancer treatment dilemma for men
Is cancer screening good for everyone or will we live under a cloud of anxiety?
Is a biomarker for prostate cancer getting closer?
Postcode lottery for advanced prostate cancer treatment
