Courses

The 4Ps Programme has been developed by research active healthcare professionals in Newcastle and is designed to support colleagues' needs no matter where they are on the “research interested” to “Aspiring Clinical Academic” continuum

A focus on modern systemic treatments for non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC) as well as the gene faults that drive many NSCLCs; the targeted treatments that exploit these faults, such as inhibitors of EGFR, ALK, ROS1, B-Raf, HER2, MET, and RET; the immune system and checkpoint inhibitor group of immunotherapies, including PD-1, PD-L1 and CTLA-4 targeted antibody therapies

Haematological cancers differ from solid tumours in many ways: in the mutations that drive them, their interactions with their environment, and the treatments that are effective against them. This course introduces the biology, behaviours and genetics of this diverse group of diseases with a focus on the features we can now target and the mechanisms of action of the various treatments