Endometrial cancer is the most common but least well known of all the gynaecological cancers. Most of the time, it presents with abnormal bleeding, but this can also be a sign of many other conditions.

July in England instantly brings to mind strawberries with cream and Wimbledon! While there were some hard shots being hit across the tennis courts at Wimbledon, the gynaecological oncology community had gathered at London between the 4th -6th July 2018 to share knowledge and evidence based research.

Registrar Suzi Hutt is currently carrying out GRACE funded research into endometrial cancer.  She, along with Mr Chaterjee and Mr Tailor, attended the BGCS conference this year.

GRACE Chair,  Mr Simon Butler–Manuel and Conference Secretary Dr Kavitha Madhuri hosted the 8th Annual Scientific Meeting of the British & Irish Association of Robotic Gynaecological Surgeons (BIARGS) this year at the University of Surrey.

GRACE pump primed the purchase of the first “Da Vinci” robot at the Royal Surrey County Hospital. As a result, since 2010, the team has been offering robotic surgery to patients primarily diagnosed with cancer or the womb or cervix as well as some other cancers.

Cervical cancer remains the second commonest cancer in women under the age of 35 in Britain, and so frequently affects young women just at the time that they are considering having a family.

Through support from GRACE, we have been able to fund a research assistant who is not only working on a tumour biobank, but also collecting blood and tissue samples for patients as part of the 100,000 Genomics Project.

Sophie Otter is working towards an MD at University of Surrey, supported by GRACE. Working with Clinical Oncologist Alex Stewart, Sophie is researching how to improve the accuracy of cervical cancer treatment.

The University of Surrey is formally launching the Guildford Gynaeoncology Research Group at an open meeting on 8th March at 18:00hrs in the Leggett Building.