Neale Jehan from Business Beats Cancer said travelling during treatment was difficult, so this “new initiative, which is still aligned to our focus on clinical research, transports samples from the patients, without them needing to travel”.
David Dutton, honorary clinical senior lecturer at the University of Southampton said the partnership would provide “opportunities for the people of Guernsey to be involved in exciting clinical and scientific research”.
The charity said results would be bespoke to the island and would be shared with the relevant oncology team as part of larger research initiatives, which could lead to more targeted treatments being available in the island.
Currently, on-island treatment includes chemotherapy, targeted drugs, immunotherapy and antibody-drug combinations.
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