Kyle Watt
Alan, Dave, Phil and Kyle's LEJOG 2017
Fundraising for Newcastle Hospitals Charity
Story
Hello!
We all got bikes for Christmas so we've decided to attempt a team cycle from Land's End to John O'Groats in order to raise money for this amazing charity:
http://www.petespancreasproject.co.uk/
This trip will take us 5 days and we will cover over 1000 miles.
A bit more about Pete's Pancreas Project:
Pancreatic cancer is diagnosed in 6000 people in the UK annually and is the fourth most common cancer. Acinar cell cancer (ACC) of the pancreas however, is a very rare type of pancreatic cancer. The treatment for these are cancers is surgical resection (where possible) and chemotherapy. In practice the chemotherapy (Gemcitabine and or Capecitabine) that is given to patients with ACC is given to them as it is the chemotherapy that has shown, in trials, to be effective in treating patients with the most common (>95%) type of pancreatic cancer (adenocarcinoma).
The optimal chemotherapy to give to patients with ACC is not known.
A major obstacle in investigating the potential role of different chemotherapy agents in the treatment of ACC are the small number of cases available in each individual specialist centre.
Pete’s Pancreas Project in conjunction with the research team at the specialist HPB surgical centre at the Freeman Hospital Newcastle aim to:
•Set up a UK registry of ACC based at the Freeman Hospital
•Collect retrospective and prospective demographic, treatment and outcome data of patients with a diagnosis of ACC
•Facilitate the movement of histological tissue samples from other specialist centres to the Freeman Hospital for analysis
This will enable :
•Examination of detailed data about ACC in the UK to provide the most comprehensive information for clinicians and patients
•Results from detailed pathological analysis of specimens will provide information regarding the potential role for chemotherapy agents
We all got bikes for Christmas so we've decided to attempt a team cycle from Land's End to John O'Groats in order to raise money for this amazing charity:
http://www.petespancreasproject.co.uk/
This trip will take us 5 days and we will cover over 1000 miles.
A bit more about Pete's Pancreas Project:
Pancreatic cancer is diagnosed in 6000 people in the UK annually and is the fourth most common cancer. Acinar cell cancer (ACC) of the pancreas however, is a very rare type of pancreatic cancer. The treatment for these are cancers is surgical resection (where possible) and chemotherapy. In practice the chemotherapy (Gemcitabine and or Capecitabine) that is given to patients with ACC is given to them as it is the chemotherapy that has shown, in trials, to be effective in treating patients with the most common (>95%) type of pancreatic cancer (adenocarcinoma).
The optimal chemotherapy to give to patients with ACC is not known.
A major obstacle in investigating the potential role of different chemotherapy agents in the treatment of ACC are the small number of cases available in each individual specialist centre.
Pete’s Pancreas Project in conjunction with the research team at the specialist HPB surgical centre at the Freeman Hospital Newcastle aim to:
•Set up a UK registry of ACC based at the Freeman Hospital
•Collect retrospective and prospective demographic, treatment and outcome data of patients with a diagnosis of ACC
•Facilitate the movement of histological tissue samples from other specialist centres to the Freeman Hospital for analysis
This will enable :
•Examination of detailed data about ACC in the UK to provide the most comprehensive information for clinicians and patients
•Results from detailed pathological analysis of specimens will provide information regarding the potential role for chemotherapy agents