STFC Cancer Diagnosis Network+

STFC癌症诊断网络

基本信息

批准号：
ST/S005404/1
负责人：
Laura Joanne Harkness-Brennan
金额：
$ 62.05万
依托单位：
University of Liverpool
依托单位国家：
英国
项目类别：
Research Grant
财政年份：
2019
资助国家：
英国
起止时间：
2019 至无数据
项目状态：
未结题

来源：
https://gtr.ukri.org/projects?ref=ST%2FS005404%2F1
关键词：
STFC Cancer Diagnosis Network+

项目摘要

This proposal seeks to establish a multidisciplinary community to address challenges in the diagnosis of cancer, which is one of the most important societal and economic global challenges of this century. Cancer accounts for 1 in every 6 deaths worldwide, which makes it the second leading cause of death globally. In addition to the devastating impact of this disease on patients and their families, the total annual global economic cost of cancer is estimated to be approximately £1 trillion. The challenge will become even more prevalent in our ageing society, since the incidence of cancer rises significantly with age, whilst cellular repair mechanisms also become less effective. Reducing cancer mortality rates in our ageing global population could be achieved by earlier diagnosis and more accurate staging of disease. The Network+ community will develop technologies and techniques that aim to improve patient quality of life, increase the chance of patient survival and reduce associated cancer services costs. The Network+ will focus on four themes of (1) early diagnosis, (2) precision and quantitative imaging, (3) multimodal techniques and (4) data science techniques applied to imaging and bioinformatics. The expertise developed through the core STFC science programmes that are particularly relevant to these topics are the development of high resolution and high sensitivity detectors, multispectral detectors, algorithms for image analysis and data mining techniques. The network+ will host multidisciplinary challenge-led workshops and provide funding for approximately 16 scoping studies, 5 to 10 proof of concept projects and 2 co-funded PhD studentships. It will also develop the research capacity of early career researchers through travel awards, discipline-hopping placements and training. In addition, position papers and fact sheets will be produced. The network will actively engage with external partners to build membership. The results from the funded projects will be disseminated to members by newsletters, a website and at an end of network conference, which will also be a forum to discuss potential future collaborative opportunities. The website will also be used to showcase events to all stakeholders.

该建议旨在建立一个多学科的社区来应对癌症诊断的挑战，这是本世纪最重要的社会和经济全球挑战之一。癌症在全球每6例死亡中占1人，这使其成为全球第二大死亡原因。除了该疾病对患者及其家人的毁灭性影响外，癌症的全球年度总经济成本估计约为1万亿英镑。挑战将在我们老龄化的社会中变得更加普遍，因为癌症的事件随着年龄的增长而大大增加，而细胞修复机制也变得较低。降低我们全球老龄化的癌症死亡率可以通过较早的诊断和更准确的疾病分期来实现。网络+社区将开发旨在提高患者生活质量，增加患者生存的机会并降低相关癌症服务成本的技术和技术。网络+将重点介绍（1）早期诊断，（2）精度和定量成像，（3）多模式技术以及（4）应用于成像和生物信息学的数据科学技术。与这些主题特别相关的核心STFC科学计划开发的专业知识是发展高分辨率和高灵敏度检测器，多光谱检测器，用于图像分析的算法和数据挖掘技术。网络+将举办多学科挑战主导的研讨会，并为大约16项范围研究，5至10个概念验证项目和2个共同资助的博士学位学生提供资金。它还将通过旅行奖，纪律节目和培训来发展早期职业研究人员的研究能力。此外，将制作职位论文和事实表。该网络将与外部合作伙伴积极互动以建立会员资格。资金项目的结果将由新闻通讯，网站和网络会议结束的会员传播，这也将是一个论坛，讨论潜在的未来协作机会。该网站还将用于向所有利益相关者展示活动。