A new centre designed to improve cancer treatment and patient outcomes has opened in the county. The Sussex Cancer Research Centre (SCRC) in Brighton will bring researchers, clinicians and patients together so they can share resources, insight, experience and expertise. The aim is to significantly improve the care cancer patients receive and to improve the life-chances of people diagnosed with the disease.
READ MORE: Shop will be turned into one-bedroom flat with own garden The centre also wants people living with cancer to be involved in research by taking part in trials, communicating with medical practitioners and sharing their experiences. The four founding members of the SCRC include Dr Simon Mitchell, a reader in Cancer Systems Biology at the Brighton and Sussex Medical School, and Melanie Flint, Professor of Stress and Cancer Research at the University of Brighton. The centre's work will be carried out at various locations including in the Royal Sussex County Hospital and the universities.
Timothy Humphrey, Professor of Translational Research and Genome Stability at the University of Sussex, and clinical oncologist Dr Duncan Gilbert of University Hospitals Sussex NHS Foundation Trust, also founded the new centre. Dr Simon Mitchell said: "From day one, this will be a true collaboration. As a team, with a united vision to improve care for patients, we are greater than the sum of our parts.
"Cancer doesn’t recognise institutional boundaries, and to beat cancer we must c.