15 June 2011

Professor William Watson & Dr. Bryan Hennessy receive SFI/HRB Translational Award

 Validating a panel of serum biomarkers to inform surgical intervention for Prostate Cancer
Professor William Watson, Associate Professor of Cancer Biology, UCD School of Medicine and Medical Science together with Professor John Fitzpatrick, Professor of Surgery, UCD School of Medicine and Medical Science and Mater Hospital presented a web-based test to identify the grade and stage of prostate cancer which should reduce unnecessary diagnostic procedures and improve overall treatment.

 Inhibition of PARP in Women with Sporadic Ovarian Cancer. Dr Bryan Hennessy, Senior Lecturer, RCSI, Consultant Medical Oncologist, Beaumont Hospital and Adjunct Professor in the Division of Cancer Medicine at The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center. together with Dr Liam Grogan, Consultant Medical Oncologist, Beaumont Hospital received this award for the development of a novel diagnostic tool for predicting responsiveness of ovarian cancer patients to a new class of therapeutics.

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