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David Kerr
CBE FMedSci FRCP
Professor of Cancer Medicine
- Consultant Physician
Genetics and Genomics
In collaboration with Dr Rachel Midgley, Oncology Clinical Trials Office, we have conducted a series of international adjuvant trials of chemotherapy for colorectal cancer. In parallel, we have established a biorepository of tissue and constitutional DNA (n=3500) which has allowed us to collaborate with Ian Tomlinson to generate a number of cancer susceptibility SNPs and commercial partners to characterise a prognostic mRNA signature which assists in selection of patients for chemotherapy. We are currently developing biomarkers for the anti-angiogenic agent bevacizumab.
Key publications
Adjuvant capecitabine plus bevacizumab versus capecitabine alone in patients with colorectal cancer (QUASAR 2): an open-label, randomised phase 3 trial.
Journal article
Kerr RS. et al, (2016), Lancet Oncol, 17, 1543 - 1557
Recent publications
Supplementary Figure 4 from Coevolution of Atypical BRAF and KRAS Mutations in Colorectal Tumorigenesis
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Woolley CE. et al, (2026)
Supplementary Figure 2 from Coevolution of Atypical BRAF and KRAS Mutations in Colorectal Tumorigenesis
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Woolley CE. et al, (2026)
Supplementary Data 1 from Coevolution of Atypical BRAF and KRAS Mutations in Colorectal Tumorigenesis
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Woolley CE. et al, (2026)
Supplementary Table 9 from Coevolution of Atypical BRAF and KRAS Mutations in Colorectal Tumorigenesis
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Woolley CE. et al, (2026)
Supplementary Table 2 from Coevolution of Atypical BRAF and KRAS Mutations in Colorectal Tumorigenesis
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Woolley CE. et al, (2026)