PREHABS: Improving support for lung cancer patients content
Yorkshire has more cases of lung cancer diagnosed in a year than anywhere else in the United Kingdom.
Recent advances in radiotherapy have resulted in an increased number of patients that can be cured of lung cancer. Increasingly, patients are surviving their lung cancer but die due to other existing diseases.
The PREHABS project will provide education and lifestyle interventions during and after their radiotherapy treatment.
The study will assess whether the PREHABS project improves a patient's wellbeing and exercise levels. In addition, it's hoped that the PREHABS programme will make patients live longer after finishing their radiotherapy treatment.
Lead researcher
Dr Kevin Franks
Consultant Clinical Oncologist/Associate Professor, University of Leeds
Dr Carole Burnett
Lead Radiotherapy Research and Innovation Radiographer, University of Leeds
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