These types of cancer can be challenging to treat, involving specialist knowledge and care. Clinical trials and research are leading to great advances in care, but we need your support and donations to deliver better patient outcomes.
How the Colorectal and Peritoneal Oncology Centre supports patients
The Colorectal and Peritoneal Oncology Centre (CPOC) at The Christie NHS Foundation Trust has an international reputation for treating advanced and early colorectal cancer, appendix tumours, peritoneal tumours (in the lining of the abdomen), anal cancer and tumours in the pelvic area.
Colorectal cancer can involve the bowels, rectum and anus, or the urinary system (the bladder and ureters). In women, the reproductive organs may also be affected (the ovaries, womb, cervix, and vagina). In men, the cancer may be close to or invading the prostate.
Since becoming a specialist centre for peritoneal cancers in 2001, the CPOC service has grown into one of the UK’s leading centres for complex cancer care.
Today, patients benefit from the expertise of a highly specialised multidisciplinary team including surgeons, oncologists, pathologists, clinical nurse specialists and support staff working together to deliver personalised treatment and care.
Research remains central to the work of CPOC, helping develop safer, more effective and more personalised treatments for patients worldwide.
You can help colorectal, appendix and peritoneal patients by donating to CPOC research. Please fill in the form below to give today.
Here at The Christie, we not only have the expertise and technology to treat patients today, but we’re also doing research that will benefit patients in the future.
Rebecca Halstead, Lead Clinical Nurse Specialist
Your donations will help support CPOC patients like Katie. Katie works as an ICU nurse and was diagnosed with pseudomyxoma peritonei (PMP) aged 30 in November 2021, just a few days after her son’s first birthday.
You can read more about Katie’s story on the CPOC section of the Trust website.
How your donations help those who need it
Charity funding enables the CPOC team to continue its cutting-edge work and expand understanding and expertise in dealing with these types of cancer. Ultimately this will help to improve patient outcomes both now and in the future. Developing excellence in cancer care and research like this requires resources beyond those made available by the NHS.
Projects we have supported include:
- Development of a surgical academy team and delivery of surgical trials
- Pilot programmes into peritoneal and colorectal research helping The Christie reimagine what is possible with future research and treatment
- Biomarker profiling of primary colorectal cancer, appendix tumours and peritoneal metastases
- A clinical psychologist to support patients with the emotional impact of diagnosis and treatment
- Developing a translational research programme growing cancer cells in dedicated laboratory facilities at Manchester Cancer
Research Centre - Funding educational support for patients families and healthcare professionals
Research can lead to real breakthroughs – and it is research and roles often funded by The Christie Charity, along with patient participation, which has led directly to survival rates improving so dramatically. We can go so much further but we need your help to do this.