For patients and the public
About our research
Bowel cancer screening is used to find cancer and pre-cancerous growths, called polyps, in people who do not have symptoms. The aim is to catch bowel cancer early and prevent it by removing polyps before they turn into cancer. There are guidelines to help clinicians decide who needs a follow-up colonoscopy and when they need it. These guidelines are based on the size and number of polyps, but they are not very accurate. Many people who have one or a few small polyps removed during their first colonoscopy are not scheduled for follow-up, even though they might develop future polyps or cancer later. We need better guidelines to meet the needs of individual patients.
The INCISE project - INtegrated TeChnologies for Improved Polyp SurveillancE – is a University of Glasgow-led collaboration with clinicians and industry partners. Our aim is to transform bowel cancer screening in the UK by developing a tool that can predict which patients with polyps will develop further polyps.
Patient and Public Involvement (PPI)
The INCISE project strongly advocates for Patient and Public Involvement (PPI) in research. PPI in research means research that is done "with" or "by" the public, not "to", "for" or "about" them. It means that patients or other people with relevant experience contribute to how research is designed, conducted and disseminated.
We regularly engage with individuals with lived experience of bowel cancer to ensure that our research is informed by real-work experiences and patient needs. We hold PPI steering group meetings three times per year. If you, or a loved one, has lived experience of bowel cancer and you would like to join our PPI steering group, please contact Emma Parsons (Emma.Parsons@glasgow.ac.uk).
Public Engagement (PE)
This part of our website is currently under construction. We hope to share our patient engagement activities with you soon.