Queensland Bladder Cancer Initiative - QBCI

04/04/2022

All Bladder Cancer patients and family members.

Your HELP is needed to participate in a 2022 bladder cancer patient experience study (online questionnaire + phone interview).

As a thank you for your time, each participant will be offered a $50 Coles/Woolworths voucher.

To register, please click on the link below:
https://www.cc-dr.org/2022aublc/

Please register now and support this very comprehensive study covering all aspects of bladder cancer and help make a difference now and to future care for all patients and families.

Who can participate?
People who have been diagnosed with bladder cancer and their family members are welcome to participate in the study. You will need to be over 18 years old and living in Australia.

What is involved?
The study will include an online questionnaire that will take approximately 30 minutes to complete, as well as a structured interview by telephone that will take approximately 30 – 45 minutes.

Background:
The Centre for Community-Driven Research (CCDR) in partnership with BEAT Bladder Cancer Australia are conducting a Patient Experience, Expectations and Knowledge (PEEK) study in Bladder Cancer. PEEK studies give us a clear picture of what it is like to be a patient at a given point in time as well as a way forward to support patients and their families with treatments, information and care. The last study was conducted in 2018 and it was the largest mixed methodology study conducted worldwide within the previous five years for bladder cancer. This 2022 study will provide key data to be used in comparison against the data collected in 2018. Help us find out what has improved and what changes are needed.

CCDR are a charity that conducts research to help patients have their voice heard. PEEK is a comprehensive study covering all aspects of disease experience from symptoms, diagnosis, treatment, healthcare communication, information provision, care and support, quality of life, and future treatment and care expectations.

10/09/2021

👉 Check out the very exciting Queensland Bladder Cancer Initiative - QBCI international feature in the American Urological Association's 2021 Annual Meeting in Las Vegas.

🎥 Full link: https://buff.ly/2Vw7hhX

✨ We're so excited to be included in the Thought Leadership Film Series, which is shown across the US and aimed to profile the pioneering research conducted as part of our initiative on . What an opportunity for Queensland Bladder Cancer Initiative - QBCI scientists, junior scientists and clinician-scientists to be profiled on the international stage.

🩺 The Queensland Bladder Cancer Initiative - QBCI is an expansive program that aims to improve the clinical outcomes and lives of patients with bladder cancer. The Initiative covers all aspects and stages of bladder cancer with community education, advocacy, and support for patients, through to basic and translational research and clinical trials including. Profiled here is our work to understand how molecular subtyping 🧬 could be incorporated into clinical management. A very exciting shift to traditional management of bladder cancer patients.

PA Research Foundation - Translational Research Institute - QUT (Queensland University of Technology)

02/09/2021

Congratulations to Queensland Bladder Cancer Initiative - QBCI Masters student, Abby Templeton who recently submitted her first research paper and was accepted to present her work on internationally (virtually in Japan). Let's hear more about Abby below:

My name is Abby Templeton and I am a Master’s student with the Queensland Bladder Cancer Initiative - QBCI and Centre for Personalised Analysis of Cancers (CPAC). I have been part of the team now for about 7 months and it has honestly been one of the most amazing experiences of my life.

My project focuses on looking at new ways to improve the longevity of patient-derived explants (PDEs) or slices of tissues taken from patients having surgery. I’m in the process of determining whether it is feasible for this model to potentially be used in a precision medicine pipeline to predict patient responses to therapy. If we can extend the time where explants are viable in the lab we could use genomic sequencing results to tailor personalised treatments for .

I wanted to join the since I was doing my undergraduate degree at QUT (Queensland University of Technology). I heard about the work they were doing during one of my lectures and I knew that it was a team that I wanted to be part of. Hearing that I would be working with patient samples made me ever more excited to join the team because I knew the would that I would be doing was very translatable and could potentially help patients.

My favourite thing about being part of the is the community outreach and how passionate the team is, not only about their research but also about spreading awareness to the community. This is so important, especially for as it is one of the forgotten or less commonly recognised cancers. I love being part of all the events and taking part in activities that I never would have thought of doing before joining the .

Being apart of such a supportive team has really helped me to push myself out of my comfort zone which has meant that I have achieved more than I though I would in such a short period of time. I recently got accepted to do a presentation at an international conference and invited to speak at a local conference in Brisbane later this year. For myself, these are achievements that I thought I would never achieve, so I am so grateful for my team.

This work has the fantastic support of PA Research Foundation and the Translational Research Institute 🎉🎗- good on you Abby!

31/08/2021

🎬 Future Dr. Alivia Calabrese - One of the Queensland Bladder Cancer Initiative - QBCIs first ever students jumps in front of the 🎥 to explain how all of this wonderful support helps us improve outcomes for patients! 👏🤙🎗

30/08/2021

📢 In 2 days, join the Queensland Bladder Cancer Initiative - QBCI for the to help us fund all-⭐️ clinical and translational research that directly impacts the lives of patients and their families.

✨ If you can, please join our ever growing and stellar team here: https://charidy.com/cmp/pagivingday/QBCI (we've already raised $280 thanks to the most amazing donors!)

🎗Every donation gets ✨ quadrupled ✨ and goes directly into experiments to aim to improve outcomes for patients.

👩‍🔬👨‍🔬 over the next few days we aim to use this chance to show a bit about the team, our research and why what we do is so important for research in this cancer - a very terrible and underfunded cancer - PA Research Foundation Translational Research Institute QUT (Queensland University of Technology) Bladder Cancer Australia Charity Foundation

21/08/2021

18/08/2021

Good on you, Alivia Calabrese. Teaching the next generation of scientists and researching bladder cancer all in a day! 👩‍🔬

When the student becomes the teacher…

Today we held the first of our bioinformatics workshops for students studying Genes, Genomes and Genetics, one of the units I coordinate at . I was happy to be helped by a great teaching team that for the first time included 2 previous students who studied the subject 4 years ago and are now qualified medical laboratory scientists.

Alivia pictured with me here is now studying for a masters degree in cancer research at . She also wore one of my t-shirt designs, so that was a bonus!

20/05/2021

In light of , go behind the microscope and get to know more about Queensland Bladder Cancer Initiative - QBCI researcher, Dr Patrick Thomas 👨‍🔬

Learn more here: https://pafoundation.org.au/news/149

17/05/2021

Our fantastic lineup of student urology researchers! All shaping the way we manage in the future. Thanks PA Research Foundation for highlighting the team. Translational Research Institute QUT (Queensland University of Technology)

Based at the Translational Research Institute on the PA Hospital campus, five QUT research master's students are helping advance research into bladder cancer and other urological cancers including prostate cancer. Meet Mahasha, Nathan, Abby, Claire, and Alivia here: https://pafoundation.org.au/news/148 Queensland Bladder Cancer Initiative - QBCI

07/05/2021

is a largely forgotten cancer. Except for last night when the PA Research Foundation and the QBCI team ✨lit✨ up the story bridge with the colours recognising this deadly disease. Even our duck hats were yellow🎗. Translational Research Institute QUT (Queensland University of Technology) Bladder Cancer Awareness Australia

📸 credit: Brisbane At Night.
Thanks Felons Brewing for hosting!

02/05/2021

This is an amazing outcome and amazing start to . A huge thank you to all the generous donors, Bladder Cancer Awareness Australia and to the Russo family for their amazing work! PA Research Foundation Translational Research Institute

An amazing $5900 was raised by friends, family and the BCA community to progress bladder cancer research in Australia A huge thank you to everyone who donated to the Tony Russo Research Memorial Fund Where is my donation going? All donations (a total of $5900 raised) are going to the Queensland Blad...

11/02/2021

Some of the female ✨superstars✨ of the QBCI

Today is International Day of Women and Girls in Science and an important time to highlight our incredible community of female researchers. PARF is proud to fund several female-led research projects in 2021, and pictured here are some of the incredible female researchers from the Queensland Bladder Cancer Initiative - QBCI team, led by A/Prof Elizabeth Williams 👩‍🔬