Prof Catharine West PhD
Professor of Radiation Biology

Research interests
The challenge for radiotherapy-related research is to find ways of giving as much radiation as possible to kill cancer cells while minimising the doses received by surrounding healthy tissue. The expansion of our knowledge through the Human Genome Project has been accompanied by the development of new high-throughput techniques, which provide extensive capabilities for the analysis of a large number of genes or the whole genome. There is a belief that this genomic revolution, i.e. sequencing of the human genome and developments in high throughput technology, heralds a future of personalised medicine. For radiotherapy, this progress should increase the possibility of predicting individual patient response to radiotherapy. The Translational Radiobiology Group, therefore, is interested in the characterisation of molecular profiles that reflect relevant biological phenotypes and predict tumour and normal tissue response to radiation.
Projects
Research and projects
MAnchester RESearch Transforming Radiation Oncology (MAESTRO) Programme as Part of CRUK RadNet.
Bristow, R., Burnet, N., Choudhury, A., Dive, C., Faivre-Finn, C., Hagan, I., Hoskin, P., Hussell, T., Illidge, T., Kirkby, K., Kostarelos, K., O'Connor, J., Peek, N., Rattray, M., Taylor, S., Thornton, D., Van Herk, M., West, C., Whetton, A., Williams, K. & Yorke, J.
1/11/19 → 31/10/24
Project: Research
Validation of a Biomarker for Selecting Radiotherapy Combinations for Muscle Invasive Bladder Cancer Patients.
West, C., Choudhury, A., Clarke, N. & Yang, L.
1/05/18 → 30/04/21
Project: Research
Projects highlights
Project: Research
Project: Research
Project: Research